The international nuclear watchdog deemed the discharge of treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to be “consistent with international safety standards” in its first full report since the release began in August last year.
TOKYO: Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) plans to start a fourth release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in late February, an official said on Tuesday (Jan 16), continuing a move criticised by China. The
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) plans to start a fourth release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in late February, an official said on Tuesday, continuing a move criticised by China. The staged water releases began last August in what Japan says is a key step in decommissioning the plant hit by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 in the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. China and Russia have banned seafood imports from Japan over safety concerns that Tokyo has said are scientifically unjustified.