The government in Tokyo says criticism of its intention to release treated water into the ocean is unscientific. South Korea has called the proposal “utterly intolerable.”
The Sendai High Court said the state and the plant’s operator must pay $9.5 million to survivors of the 2011 nuclear accident. They have until mid-October to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court.
As many as 22 new coal plants - one of the dirtiest power sources - will arise at 17 sites across Japan, just as the world must slash emissions to fight warming.
