Fishermen, locals decry Japan gov't Fukushima nuclear plant water discharge

Fishermen and other locals in northeastern Japan have expressed opposition to the government's decision Tuesday to begin discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea later this week.One fishing industry worker in coastal Fukushima Prefecture said the decision to start releasing the water Thursday was a "surprise attack" because it was made without the national fisheries federation first being notified. In the capital, too, activists came out to protest the move.Takashi Nakajima, who runs a supermarket in Soma in the prefecture that sells local se…READ FULL ARTICLE