Fukushima
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and mask near storage water tanks.
  • Japan said it plans to release 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water into the Pacific.
  • Neighboring countries, fisheries, and local groups object, fearing it could harm sea life and more.
  • Nuclear experts said the discharge is safe but one said he'd avoid eating fish near Fukushima.

Japan started releasing treated, but still radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.

The water is from its Fukushima nuclear power plant that, in 2011, underwent a meltdown and is considered one of the biggest nuclear tragedies in history.