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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has begun releasing a second batch of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP amid continuing tensions with neighbouring countries.

Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-releases-second-batch-of-treated-fukushima-water-11206993

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has begun releasing the second batch of treated water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. During the latest discharge, expected to last about 17 days, some 7800 cubic metres of treated water will be diluted and released into the sea.

Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Release-of-second-batch-of-Fukushima-water-begins

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) independent sampling and analysis of the second batch of ALPS treated water prepared for discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) confirms the tritium level reported by Japan.

Date: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-samples-second-batch-of-alps-treated-water-11174083

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi NPP (FDNPP) since discharges of treated water started on 24 August confirms that the tritium levels are below Japan’s operational limit.

Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-samples-seawater-following-fukushima-treated-water-discharge-11140431

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that its independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has found that the tritium levels have remained below Japan’s operational limit.

Date: Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-no-rise-in-tritium-level-near-Fukushima

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing live data from Japan on the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP on the IAEA website. The data includes water flow rates, radiation monitoring data and the concentration of tritium after dilution. Fukushima NPP operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), has now begun the controlled discharge of the water into the sea. At the same time, Tepco began transmitting data from various points in the process to the IAEA.

Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-monitors-treated-water-released-from-fukushima-daiichi-11105762

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced it has begun releasing treated water currently stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. The operation - expected to take up to 30 years to complete - is being closely monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Date: Friday, 25 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan-starts-discharging-treated-water-into-the-se

The Japanese government has requested Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) begin preparations for the release of treated water currently stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. The first treated water is set to be discharged on or after 24 August.

Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-begin-for-Fukushima-water-discharge

Despite being endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) and the South Korean Government, protests are continuing against Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco’s) plans to release treated contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP to the sea.

Date: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprotests-continue-against-fukushima-water-release-11000079