Nearly 100 Japanese people rallied on Tuesday outside the Fukushima Prefectural Government Office to voice their strong opposition to the latter's stance on discharging radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Despite enormous public and international outcry, the Japanese government plans to release nuclear-contaminated water as early as next month.
The Japanese government has numerous options for disposing of the radioactive water. For example, the water tanks may be permanently sealed and buried underground, or the nuclear wastewater could be stored until its natural radioactive decay. However, the Japanese government refuses to take the appropriate action. Instead, it plans to dump the contaminated water directly into the Pacific Ocean, which is the easiest but most irresponsible option.
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