'日, 후쿠시마 원전 오염수 처분 방식 27일 결정'<br /><br />The Japanese government plans to release more than a million tons of contaminated Fukushima water into the sea.<br />Japan's local media reports said the release will begin October 2022 at the earliest, and would take decades to complete.<br />The decision ends years of debate over how to dispose of the liquid that includes water used to cool the power station after it was destroyed by a massive tsunami in 2011.<br />While the Japanese government has long preferred to release the liquid into the nearby Pacific, environmental activists have expressed strong opposition.<br />Farmers and fishermen have also voiced fears that the move will destroy their industry.<br />
