Japan officially begins <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_of_radioactive_water_of_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant" id="mwAfs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Discharge of radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant">discharging treated radioactive water</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant" id="mwAfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a> into the Pacific Ocean, sparking international concerns and condemnation.<sup about="#mwt152" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_24#cite_note-29" id="mwAf0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAf4">[29]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt149" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFMurakamiBateman2023">Murakami, Sakura; Bateman, Tom (2023-08-23). <a class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-release-fukushima-water-into-ocean-starting-aug-24-2023-08-22/" id="mwCHI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from Aug. 24"</a>. <i id="mwCHM">Reuters</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCHQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCHU">2023-09-01</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt149" class="Z3988" id="mwCHY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Reuters&amp;rft.atitle=Japan+to+release+Fukushima+water+into+ocean+from+Aug.+24&amp;rft.date=2023-08-23&amp;rft.aulast=Murakami&amp;rft.aufirst=Sakura&amp;rft.au=Bateman%2C+Tom&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2Fjapan-release-fukushima-water-into-ocean-starting-aug-24-2023-08-22%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+24"></span></span>