UN Experts Review Plans for Release of Fukushima Plant Water

UN Experts Review Plans for Release of Fukushima Plant Water
The Pacific Ocean looks over nuclear reactor units of No. 3 (L) and 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 27, 2021. Hiro Komae/AP Photo
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TOKYO—A team from the U.N. nuclear agency arrived in Japan on Monday to assess preparations for the release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

The six experts on the team from the International Atomic Energy Agency are to meet with Japanese officials and visit the Fukushima Daiichi plant to discuss technical details of the planned release, Japanese officials said.