On 11 March 2024 Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima Prefecture uninhabitable.
Nippon Mar 9, 2024 1 Fukushima, March 9 (Jiji Press) Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori wants the Japanese government to clarify its policy on transferring soil from decontamination work following the March 2011 nuclear accident to final disposal sites outside the northeastern Japan prefecture. "We'll seize every opportunity to strongly call on the state to present a…
The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. started work Aug. 4 on construction of facilities to release treated radioactive water into the sea from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
The construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant began yesterday, despite opposition from the local fishing community.
Plant workers started construction of a pipeline to transport the wastewater from hillside storage tanks to a coastal facility before its planned release next year, said the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings (TEPCO).
The digging of an undersea tunnel was also to begin later yesterday.
Construction at the nuclear facility follows the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority’s formal approval last month of a detailed wastewater discharge plan