TOKYO—Japan’s economy and industry ministry proposed on Dec. 23 the gradual release or evaporation of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.
The proposal to a group of experts is the first time the ministry has narrowed down the various options available to those choices. It is meant to solve a growing problem for the plant’s operator as storage space for the water runs out, despite fears of a backlash from the public. The draft proposal will be discussed further.
