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Japan's nuclear regulator approves release of treated Fukushima water into sea

Tokyo, July 22 (UNI/Sputnik) Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has officially approved the plan to discharge the water accumulated at the Fukushima nuclear plant and treated against radioactive contamination after the 2011 meltdown, into the sea next year, Japanese media reported on Friday.
The NRA approved the plan of the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), to release the water about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) off the Pacific coast in Fukushima Prefecture around next spring, according to the Kyodo news agency.
The treated water still contains hard-to-remove tritium, a radioactive material, but its level is below the nationally-set maximum and will be diluted further before release. TEPCO plans to start the construction of discharge facilities after it gains permission from localities hosting the plant, Okuma and Futaba. The completion of the discharge of treated water is expected to take several decades, according to the report.
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