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href="https://ieer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Concrete-paper-Final-for-posting-with-affiliations-2023-06-12-v-2.pdf">The concrete option for dealing with Fukushima radioactive waste water</a> Paper prepared for the Pacific Islands Forum by the Independent Expert Panel.</li> <li><a href="https://ieer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Expert-Panel-Memorandum-Summarizing-Our-Views-After-Meetings-with-Japan-and-Observation-of-PIF-meeeting-with-IAEA-2022-08-11.pdf">Views of the Independent Expert Panel</a>聽to the Pacific Islands Forum on the Tokyo Electric Power Company鈥檚 plan to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean</li> </ol> <p> </p> </div> <div class="meta"> <p> Subject: <a href="https://ieer.org/topic/fukushima/">Fukushima</a>, <a href="https://ieer.org/topic/reports/">Technical Reports</a>, and <a href="https://ieer.org/topic/tritium/">Tritium</a>. 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