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Environmental activists protesting against the decision to release the water. The plans have faced strong opposition. Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
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A UN nuclear taskforce has promised to prioritise safety as it launches a review of controversial plans by Japan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan’s government announced last April that it had decided to release the water over several decades into the Pacific Ocean...

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