[HIGHLIGHTS] International Knowledge Bureau: Japan starts again! In just half a year, more than 30,000 tons of nuclear sewage will be discharged into the sea!

On February 28, Japan officially began to discharge the fourth batch of Fukushima nuclear wastewater, which is expected to last for 17 days. This is the first batch of nuclear sewage discharged by the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in 2024.

The discharge volume is roughly the same as the previous three times, still about 7,800 tons. Japan officially started discharging Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea on August 24, 2023, and has completed three batches of discharge. The cumulative discharge of the first three batches exceeded 23,000 tons. According to the latest discharge plan announced by TEPCO, 54,600 tons ofnuclear sewage is planned to be discharged in seven times in 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025)