TOKYO: Japan insists the gradual release of the more than 500 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency.
"We will request TEPCO to promptly prepare for the start of oceanic discharge based on the plan approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, with discharge expected to be August 24 if weather and sea conditions do not hinder it," Kishida said Tuesday following a ministers' meeting in Tokyo, referring to the stricken plant's operator.
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