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Contaminated water storage tanks at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (PLTN) in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, January 20, 2023. After 12 years of nuclear disaster triggered by earthquake workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are preparing to dump treated wastewater into the sea. (Philippe FONG/AFP)

TEPCO and the government say the release of water into the sea is inevitable as reservoirs reach maximum capacity early next year and the plant will need space for decommissioning, which is expected to take time. decades.

They say the water is treated to reduce radioactive material to safe levels, then diluted with seawater hundreds of times to make it safer than international standards. Japan again released a second wave of 1.34 million tons of nuclear waste from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (PLTN) into the sea on October 5, 2023.

This was announced by the global channel Liputan6.com on Saturday September 30, 2023, by the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco). “Inspections after the first discharge have been completed…The (second) discharge will begin on October 5,” Tokyo Electric Power said on Thursday (9/28/2023), as reported by The Guardian.

The release of 1.34 million tonnes of Fukushima nuclear waste accumulated since a tsunami crippled the facility in 2011 has angered China. As a result, China banned all imports seafood Japan after the first discharge, although Japan insists its operations pose no risk.