47650 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/japansettorelease-treated-water-from-fukushima-nuclearplantintoocean-40311344.htmlJapan's government announced yesterday it would start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years’ time. T he move is fiercely opposed by fishermen, residents and Japan’s neighbours. The decision, long speculated at but delayed for....Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:03:00 +0200independent-ie-ae1dd26831215f2e26bb4528cb6cdda620210414040300https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/world/asia/japan-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater.htmlTOKYO — In late 2019, the Japanese government convened diplomats from 22 countries for a briefing on its handling of more than a million tons of wastewater from Fukushima’s crippled nuclear reactors. Storage space was rapidly running out, the authorities explained, and they were considering several solutions.Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:55:00 +0200google-top-stories-innovatie-92a16a9e3d18882116cb7cc1a895ed2720210414035500https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/business/japan-to-start-releasing-fukushima-water-into-sea-in-2-years-1.24306449The accumulating water has been stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant since 2011, when a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged its reactors and their cooling water became contaminated and began leaking. The plant's storage capacity will be full late next year.Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:38:00 +0200princegeorgecitizen-130c940e7ec54b37fe6c264f978817d120210414003800https://watchers.news/2021/04/13/study-reveals-anomaly-in-pre-seismic-atmospheric-radon-associated-with-inland-earthquakes/Previous studies have shown elevated levels of radon in the atmosphere prior to the mainshock of a huge inland earthquake. However, in a new study, researchers revealed an anomaly in this phenomenon as they found that the concentration of the radioactive element decreased.Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:24:00 +0200watchers-f2d57cdaea7032b1f97da01dd9fc507620210414002400