This picture provided late on July 5, 2023 by Syrian citizen journalist Ahmad Mohamad who took the photo in Istanbul on May 26, 2017, shows Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov who had been missing in Iraq for months. (AFP)
The utility Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), which operated the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has been given permission by Japan’s nuclear authority to begin discharging more than a million tonnes of radioactive water.
On Tuesday, the global watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said a two-year review showed Japan’s plan for the release would have negligible environmental impact.
The Japanese regulator’s certificate is the final step the utility required to begin the process.
