Fukushima

"The decision is particularly disappointing as experts believe alternative solutions to the problem are available," said the three special rapporteurs.

"The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive wastes."

The radiation levels reported around shield plugs at two reactors are high enough to kill a worker exposed for even an hour. 

"The moment that I hear the word 'treated' being used instead of 'contaminated,' I can't think differently than this is a kind of newspeak," said one Greenpeace official.

The Japanese government told embassy officials from nearly two dozen countries that releasing the water into the ocean was a "feasible" approach that could be done "with certainty."

The delay comes days after Japan's government proposed releasing contaminated water from the plant into the ocean.

"I had braced myself that we might not get a clean victory, but this is too awful."

"We will be doomed if we allow another nuclear accident to occur."

"Another reason to not build nuclear power plants."