Twelve years after the nuclear disaster caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan are preparing to release treated waste water into the sea despite opposition from locals. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, said the water had been filtered to remove most of the radioactive elements, adding that the release was “safe and necessary”.

在大地震和海啸造成核灾难12年后,日本福岛第一核电站的工作人员不顾当地人的反对,准备将处理过的废水排入大海。核电站运营商东京电力公司表示,这些水已经过过滤,以去除大部分放射性元素,并补充说,排放是“安全且必要的”。