The Japanese Government recently approved a plan to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the release of the water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is similar to disposing wastewater from nuclear plants elsewhere in the world.
Japan has planned to filter the contaminated water leaving only tritium.
Tritium is less harmful as compared to other radioactive wastes.
It does not emit enough energy to penetrate human skin.
In 2011, there occurred a nuclear disaster in the plant due an earthquake and tsunami.
It was the most severe nuclear accident that was classified as Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.