The water release starts more than 12 years after the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns, caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
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00:00 Fukushima's Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun discharging treated and diluted radioactive
00:07 wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
00:09 The decision comes after the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, approved the release,
00:15 saying the radiological impact would be negligible.
00:19 But many people, including fishermen in the region, fear that discharging the treated
00:23 water will affect their livelihoods.
00:25 Greenpeace is warning that the filtration process is flawed and that an immense quantity
00:30 of radioactive material will be dispersed into the sea over the coming decades.
00:35 And China imposed a ban on Japanese seafood.
00:38 While South Korea has voiced outrage.
00:41 It's just over 12 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan's northeastern coast
00:46 and caused three reactors at the plant to go into meltdown.
00:51 Radioactive water has accumulated at the site ever since, hampering the daunting and delicate
00:55 task of removing the deadly toxic melted debris from the reactors.
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