# 5 things to know about Japan’s Fukushima water release in the Pacific

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/5-things-to-know-about-japans-fukushima-water-release-in-the-pacific/
- Published: 2023-08-28T09:30:29-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity. Photo credit: Philip Fong / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Geoff Brumfiel and Kat Lonsdorf. NPR – August 24, 2023. Workers in Japan have started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plant was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and massive tsunami, and water has been accumulating ever since. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio