Japan started the 11th round of its release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, despite furious opposition from within the country and abroad. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's operator, said that it plans to discharge around 7,800 tonnes of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility in this round of release. Japanese experts and residents have said that the Japanese government and TEPCO have failed to guarantee the safety and reliability of the operation, calling the ongoing discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean an extremely irresponsible action. Hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant suffered core meltdowns that released radiation, resulting in a level-7 nuclear accident, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. The plant has been generating a massive amount of wastewater tainted with radioactive substances from cooling down the nuclear fuel in the reactor buildings, which are now being stored in tanks at the nuclear plant. In August 2023, Japan started to discharge the Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, despite repeated objections by governments and communities, environmental groups, non-governmental organizations, and anti-nuclear movements in Japan and the Pacific region. SHOTLIST: FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Feb 16, 2022 1. Aerial shots of nuclear power plant, seaside; FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Feb 6, 2024 2. Various of nuclear-contaminated water storage tanks, facilities; 3. Various of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facilities; FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Aug 24, 2023 4. Various of fishing boats berthed at port, dead fish; FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Date Unknown 5. Aerial shots of nuclear power plant, storage tanks, sea. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]