Protest Continues Against Releasing Fukushima Plant Water Into Ocean

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 13: Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks during a protest outside of the prime minister's official residence on April 13, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese government finalized on Tuesday its decision and basic guidelines on allowing the owner of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (TEPCO) to discharge the wastewater accumulated in tanks on the property of the disaster-hit power plant into the ocean. The guideline encourages TEPCO to plan for the discharge in 2023 which will be reviewed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The debate is if the treated wastewater, which contains a radioactive isotope of hydrogen called tritium, would be safe enough when diluted, and if it would interfere with the oceanic and related environment and industries. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)