Slow Down on Dumping Contaminated Water From Tsunami-Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Oceanographer Says
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee walks past storage tanks for contaminated water at the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan, on Feb. 23, 2017. (TOMOHIRO OHSUMI/AFP via Getty Images) At a Glance Experts recommended the contaminated water be released into the Pacific Ocean.The contaminated water contains radioactive isotopes that could be harmful, the scientist said.It's possible the water could even contain plutonium, the scientist added. Six months after a panel of experts recommended dumping radioactive...