Japan's economy and industry ministry has proposed the gradual release or evaporation of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.
The proposal made Monday to a group of experts is meant to solve a growing problem for the plant's operator as storage space for the water runs out, despite fears of a backlash from the public.
Nearly nine years after the 2011 triple meltdowns at the plant, the radioactive water continues to accumulate as water used to keep the cores cool leaks from the damaged reactors.
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