[sooheon]

Gotcha. "as of January 2023, approximately 70% of the water stored in tanks still contained radioactive materials at concentrations exceeding the regulatory standards, in addition to tritium, due to such reasons as failures in purification equipment" -- so what's left is a matter of trust that they have got their equipment working and the actual water released isn't still contaminated.

Bottom line point stands, more is released regularly and this is nothing compared to the initial deluge of untreated material from the accident itself.

[freetime2]

It’s not just a matter of trusting the Japanese government. The IAEA is also there to verify that things are as they say.