UN nuclear chief signs off on plan to release Fukushima wastewater
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi observed where the treated water will be sent through a pipeline to a coastal processing facility.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, second left, arrives to inspect the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant as Tomoaki Kobayakawa, President of Tokyo Electric Power Co., third left, escorts him in Futaba, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5. Japan's Vice Industry Minister Fusae Ota, left, follows.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, center, listens to Tomoaki Kobayakawa, President of Tokyo Electric Power Co., center back, explain facilities to be used to release treated wastewater, while visiting the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Futaba, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tomoaki Kobayakawa, President of Tokyo Electric Power Co., left, and Japanese Vice Industry Minister Fusae Ota escort Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, back to their bus while visiting the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Futaba, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shows off an empty bottle after he fed flounder in a fish tank filled with treated wastewater at a lab, while visiting the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5. Behind him is Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, left, and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Tomoaki Kobayakawa pose for a photo with the paper they just signed on agreements to cooperate with TEPCO on information exchange to raise marine life, as they were visiting a lab at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a news conference at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Okuma, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, July 5. The United Nations nuclear chief toured Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday, including some of the key facilities that will release treated radioactive water into the sea, the day after his agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of civic groups wearing masks of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pose during a rally to oppose Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5. The letters read "Report of the IAEA."ASSOCIATED PRESS
A member of civic groups wearing a mask of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, attends during a rally to oppose Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Buddhist monk, hold signs during a rally to oppose Japanese government's plan to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Students hold signs during a rally to oppose Japanese government's plan to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5. The letters read "Stop to release radioactive water into ocean."ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of civic groups shout slogans during a rally to oppose Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5. The letters read "Abolish a report of the IAEA."