What to do with Japan’s nuclear waste

Japan says it plans to release more than a million tons of wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Initially, the release was slated for April, but a delegation of Pacific Island nations managed to convince Japan to push back that timeline to study the effects of releasing the water. Ashley Westerman reports from the Philippines on the science and history of nuclear power and weapons in the Pacific region.

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