Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Fukushima nuclear wastewater 'pose major environmental, human rights risks' - UN
20 May 2025
![Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma of Fukushima prefecture in Jan. 20, 2023. [Philip Fong / AFP]](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--HiEgFMEo--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_288/v1721349833/4KMSRAW_japan_pacific_2_jpeg?_a=BACCd2AD)
The United Nations experts have raised their concerns about the release of more than one million metric tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
