EXPERT REACTION: Fukushima water release
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It has just been reported that Japan plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into the sea. Below Aussie experts respond to the announcement.
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Professor Brendan Kennedy is from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney
Associate Professor Nigel Marks is a researcher in the Discipline of Physics & Astronomy at Curtin University