Experts to visit Fukushima plant to check water release plan

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (AP)
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (AP)

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review a plan to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea.

The government hopes the mission will assure people of the plan’s safety.

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