The start of the fourth stage of water evacuation of the Fukushima nuclear power plant from tomorrow

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing the fourth stage of treated water into the ocean tomorrow, Japanese officials said on Tuesday, as the process will be the last for the fiscal year ending next March.

Japan’s Kyodo news agency explained that the step comes after ensuring that the last stage meets standards set by the central government and Tokyo Electric Holding Co., while releasing treated water for the first time last August despite opposition from other countries. It started like China.

Like the previous three rounds, a total of 7,800 tons of processed liquids will flow into the Pacific Ocean in about 17 days. The Japanese government has stressed that disposal of the treated water is critical to decommissioning the nuclear plant, which suffered a meltdown of reactor fuel following a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and the release of water is expected to continue for nearly three decades. /p>

Tepco and the Japanese government claim no abnormal levels of tritium have been detected in nearby ocean waters after three previous discharges. However, the results of a survey published recently showed that in South Korea, more than 7 out of 10 people are worried about the discharge of Japan’s purified radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

However, countries like China and Russia do not buy Japanese seafood after releasing this water into the ocean. At the same time as the evacuation of the first stage of radioactive water, China’s foreign ministry announced that the country is firmly opposed to the evacuation of waters contaminated with radioactive materials from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Pacific Ocean, because the evacuation of contaminated waters into the sea is not an issue related only to Japan, but an issue It is cross-border and related to safety indicators in nuclear activities.