[HIGHLIGHTS] Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura interviews fisheries officials in the three prefectures for treated water tour, explains the progress of the plan

TEPCO plans to add seawater to the treated water, dilute it to a substandard concentration, and then discharge it into the sea from a point about 40 km offshore through a tunnel dug into the seabed. IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency, which evaluates the safety, is expected to publish the results of a comprehensive assessment as early as this month.

TEPCO aims to complete the construction of the facilities and pre-use inspections by the Nuclear Regulation Authority by the end of the month.