听力材料:日本决定将福岛巨量核废水倒入太平洋

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Japan announced today that it will dump millions of gallons of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Local fishermen, environmental groups and neighboring countries all protested the move. As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul, discharging the water and cleaning up the wrecked plant will take at least decades.

ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: Announcing the government's decision, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga claimed that the government's plan is realistic and pledged that its handling of the water would exceed safety standards.

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PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA: (Speaking Japanese).

KUHN: "Discharging the treated water is an unavoidable issue," he said, "i