IAEA chief reassures residents that treated wastewater discharge at Fukushima nuclear plant is safe

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic agency has told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are not scientific. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi joined local residents on Wednesday at a meeting in Fukushima on his way to the Fukushima Daiichi plant to examine the ongoing discharge. Grossi, who arrived in Japan on Tuesday, is visiting Fukushima for the first time since the release of the treated water began in August.