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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) 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

Japan’s government has requested Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) to promptly proceed with its preparations for the discharge into the sea of ALPS treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, according to a statement by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. This is in accordance with the implementation plan approved by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority. “If there is no interference due to weather or sea conditions, the discharge into the sea is expected to start on 24 August,” IAEA noted.

Date: Saturday, 26 August 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-preparations-for-discharge-of-fukushimas-alps-treated-water-11096470

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

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety review has concluded that Japan’s plans to release treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) into the sea are consistent with IAEA safety standards. In a report formally presented by Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his recent visit to Tokyo the IAEA also said discharges of the treated water would have a negligible radiological impact on people or the environment.

Date: Saturday, 08 July 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-approves-japans-plans-to-release-treated-water-into-the-sea-at-fukushima-10990691

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) now estimates that tanks containing treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP are likely to reach capacity around the autumn of 2023, somewhat later than the initial prediction of spring 2023, after the accumulation of radioactive water slowed down in fiscal 2021, Kyodo reported. This provides more time to deal with any obstacles to plans for the discharge of the treated water into the sea from next spring.

Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdeadline-relaxed-for-release-of-treated-fukushima-water-9928425

The Japanese government on 13 April formally announced that the treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP site will be discharged into the sea, “based on more than six years of comprehensive study by experts, reviews by the IAEA, and engagement with parties concerned”. Five disposal methods had earlier been considered by the government: controlled discharge into the sea, ground injection, discharge as steam, discharge as hydrogen, and solidification for underground burial.

Date: Friday, 16 April 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscontaminated-water-from-fukushima-to-be-discharged-to-the-sea-8673077