UN nuclear agency team watches Japanese lab workers prepare fish samples from damaged nuclear plant

MARI YAMAGUCHI,Associated Press

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A participant of the team of specialists from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observes the inshore fish as the example at Hisanohama Port in Iwaki, northeastern Japan Thursday,Oct 19, 2023. They are going to Fukushima for its very first aquatic tasting objective because the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began launching the dealt with contaminated wastewater right into the sea. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

ONJUKU, Japan (AP)– Scientists from the U.N. nuclear agency seen Friday as Japanese lab workers ready samples of fish gathered at a fish and shellfish market near the Fukushima nuclear plant to check the security of dealt with contaminated wastewater launched from the damaged plant right into the sea.

The discharge of wastewater started onAug 24 and is anticipated to proceed for years. It has actually been highly opposed by …