STORY: The video shows TEPCO workers seated at the plant's control room turning a key to begin the water release.Treated water running down a drain, before its release into the ocean, can also be seen.The Japanese government signed off on the plan two years ago and it was given a green light by the U.N. nuclear watchdog last month. The discharge is a key step in decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi plant after it was destroyed by a tsunami in 2011.Plant operator TEPCO said the release began at 1:03 p.m. local time (0403 GMT) and it had not identified any abnormalities.
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