Treated wastewater at Japanese Fukushima plant is safe, UN nuclear chief says [Video]

• The head of the U.N. atomic agency, Rafael Grossi, has reassured Japanese representatives in Fukushima that the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant meets safety standards.
• Grossi visited Fukushima for the first time since the discharge began last August and inspected the discharge and sampling facility.
• He said the discharges have no adverse impact on the environment, water, fish or sediment, based on international safety standards.

The head of the U.N. atomic agency told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima on Wednesday that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are “not scientific.”

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi joined local officials and representatives from fishing and business groups and reassured them that the discharges are being carried out “with no impact to the environment, water, fish and sediment.”

Grossi, who arrived in …