The head of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives has reiterated his group's opposition to Japan's planned discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, and demanded the government take full responsibility for any negative impact ...
The analysis comes as South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol is seeking to improve relations with Japan after years of tensions. Japan said last month that water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant could be released into sea "around this spring or summer". The water release has ra...
He said the total concentration of radionuclides in the water meets government standards after treatment, and after dilution the wastewater will be fully safe and have a minimal environmental impact, according to the IAEA, which has provided assistance in evaluating the release plan. Matsumoto said h...
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety review has concluded in July, noting that Japan's plans to release treated water stored at the Fukushima nuclear power station into the sea are consistent with international safety standards. According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the ...
The head of a U.N. nuclear agency task force assessing the safety of Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the wreaked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea said Friday that Japanese regulators have shown ...
After 10 years of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan decided on 13 April 2021 to release the nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. It is apparent that Japan has chosen the most cost-efficient way to deal with the contaminated water, however, great opposition and concerns have been ...
Japan has said that the water release is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, the U.N. nuclear watchdog,greenlightedthe plan in July, saying that it met international standards and that the impact it would have on people and the environment was "negligible". ...
The plan to gradually discharge more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has deeply divided nations and scientists.
The Japanese government's decision to discharge the contaminated water into the sea when there are alternatives such as long-term storage violates the precautionary principle recognized by the international community, Greenpeace Seoul Office has said. Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network ...
Presenting findings of the IAEA’s two-year safety review, the UN body concluded that the release of the water would have “negligible radiological impact to people and the environment.” Grossi, currently on a three-day visit to Japan, is meeting with senior Japanese offici...