IAEA chief visits Fukushima before radioactive water released

Rafael Mariano Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has offered reassurance over the safety of the release (AP)

The United Nations nuclear chief has toured Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant, including some of the key facilities that will release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

The move comes the day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirmed the safety of the contentious plan.