Regarding TEPCO's plan to dilute treated water containing radioactive substances such as tritium, which continues to increase at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and release it into the sea, the IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency, which dispatched a research team this month, reported the results of this survey. It was announced by April this year, and after that, it announced a policy to compile a verification report of the entire plan.

The IAEA research team will visit Japan from the 14th of this month for five days to visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to inspect the storage status of treated water and to hear about the impact assessment of the release by TEPCO. The we.



IAEA Deputy Director Lydie Evrard, who held an online press conference on the evening of the 18th, said, "I am confident that we can verify the safety with confidence," and analyzed the results of this month's findings in detail, this April. It was revealed that it will be announced by.



In addition, in the future, we will investigate the status of the plan and equipment review conducted by the Nuclear Regulation Authority and the environmental monitoring conducted in the surrounding area, and show the policy to compile a verification report of the entire plan before the release starts. I did.



The government and TEPCO are planning to dilute the treated water containing radioactive substances such as tritium, which continues to increase at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, to a concentration below the standard, and then start releasing it into the sea by next spring.