New York, April 14 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, said on Tuesday that it will work closely with Japan which is preparing to release a million tonnes of contaminated seawater used to cool the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said that Japan's solution was both "technically feasible and in line with international practice" - and that the agency was also ready "to provide technical support in monitoring and reviewing the plan's safe and transparent implementation".

'Unique and complex case'

Controlled water discharges into the sea are routine practice for operating nuclear power plants in the world after safety and environmental impact assessments, the IAEA chief explain...