For Katsunobu Sakurai, the former mayor of Minamisoma, the government's plan to discharge treated Fukushima wastewater into the ocean is hardly a recovery. "This is the complete opposite,” he says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/24/japan/fukushima-minamisoma-mayor/?utm_content=buffer0de99&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #fukushima #katsunobusakurai #minamisoma #fukushimano1 #radiation
Fukushima water plan complete opposite of recovery: former mayor

Discharging treated water from the plant only communicates a drive to sustain nuclear power and profit while dismissing the concerns of locals, he said.

The Japan Times