IAEA team inspects treated radioactive water release from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency has inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy  Agency inspection is part of a four-day visit to Japan that started Tuesday, its second since Japan began the water discharge last August despite strong protests from fishing groups and neighboring China, which has banned Japanese seafood. During the site visit Wednesday, the plant suffered a temporary blackout when some underground digging apparently damaged an electrical cable. The plant operator says the blackout halted the water discharges for several hours, but that the IAEA team was able to complete its inspection.