Daily Podcast: Is Fukushima’s water dangerous?

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Japan will soon begin releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.

This comes despite opposition from neighbouring nations, including China, and Hong Kong.

The Fukushima plant was damaged by a 9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan's east coast in 2011. Some 1.34 million tonnes of water - enough to fill 500 Olympic-size pools - have been stored in tanks since the tsunami, but space is now running out. The water will be released over a 30-year period after being filtered and diluted.

On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, Jim Smith, professor of environmental science at the University of Portsmouth dispels concerns about the levels of radiation, insisting there is no need to worry.

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