IAEA team to visit Japan late October to review Fukushima water release

The International Atomic Energy Agency will send a task force to Japan late this month for a safety review of the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex into the sea, the Japanese government said Friday.The planned visit by the IAEA team from Oct. 24 to 27 will be the first review by the U.N. nuclear watchdog since the water discharge began in late August, according to the Foreign Ministry.It will come at a time when China remains strongly opposed to the discharge, citing health concerns.The task force will consist of 11 experts from Argentina,…READ FULL ARTICLE