TOKYO (Reuters) - The&nbsp;Japanese government gave an estimation for&nbsp;when the&nbsp;water&nbsp;from the destroyed&nbsp;Fukushima&nbsp;nuclear power plant will be&nbsp;released into the sea, saying at a cabinet meeting held on Friday it could happen sometime "around this spring&nbsp;or&nbsp;summer."
In April 2021, the government approved the&nbsp;release&nbsp;of more than 1 million tonnes of irradiated&nbsp;water&nbsp;from the site after treatment into the ocean. It said the&nbsp;release&nbsp;would happen "in about two years" at the time.
Japan's foreign ministry said in July that regulators deemed it safe to&nbsp;release&nbsp;the&nbsp;water, which would be filtered to remove most isotopes but would still contain traces of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen hard to separate from&nbsp;water.
The plan has met stiff resistance from local fishing unions over the impact the&nbsp;water&nbsp;release&nbsp;may have on their livelihoods. Countries including South Korea and China have voiced concerns as well.
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(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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