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In this image made from video, South Korean lawmakers from left, Kang Eun-mi, Woo Wonshik and Yang Jung-suk, hold placards which reads "Withdraw the discharge of the wastewater from Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean" during a protest in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. South Korean lawmakers attended a protest in Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture against the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the region's crippled nuclear plant into the ocean. (AP Photo)

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Removing Fukushima's melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant's wastewater
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sun,08/27/23-9:34AM , 71 Reads
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on.
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This aerial view shows the treated water diluted by seawater flowing into a secondary water then into a connected undersea tunnel for an offshore discharge at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing radioactive water held in more than 1,000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the meltdown in March 2011. The start of treated wastewater release Thursday marked a milestone for the decommissioning, which is expected to take decades. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

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At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sat,08/26/23-9:47PM , 161 Reads
FUTABA, Japan (AP) — For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing volume of radioactive wastewater held in more than 1,000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the meltdown in March
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An angler fishes at Onahama Port in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Friday somehow dipped amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after release to sea of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began despite protests at home and in neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Fukushima residents are cautious after the wrecked nuclear plant began releasing treated wastewater
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Fri,08/25/23-11:56PM , 149 Reads
IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were mixed amid uncertainty over how seafood consumers will respond to the release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the ocean.
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The operator of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said it had began releasing the first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. (AP video/Ayaka McGill, Wayne Zhang and Lui Zheng)

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China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Wed,08/23/23-8:56PM , 75 Reads
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean — a controversial step that prompted China to immediately ban seafood from
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