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Micronesia drops protest over release of Japanese radioactive water

 Micronesia drops protest over release of Japanese radioactive water

The Pacific island country of Micronesia, one of the fiercest critics of a Japanese decision to release water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, said on Friday it was no longer concerned about the plan. Its president, David Panuelo, who said in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly last year he had the "gravest concern" about the dumping of the radioactive water, told reporters in Tokyo he was now comfortable with the release, due as soon as this spring.