The IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency, which verifies the safety of treated water containing radioactive substances such as tritium that accumulates at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, is planning to release it into the sea around next spring. Revealed a policy to publish a comprehensive report.
The IAEA has received a request from the Japanese government to verify the safety of treated water in accordance with international standards. In addition to field surveys, we have conducted interviews with government and TEPCO officials.
On the 18th, the survey team held a press conference at the end of the survey, at which Gustavo Caruso, coordinator of the IAEA, said, “The IAEA will conduct surveys that ensure transparency as well as from a technical perspective, and will not only conduct surveys in Japan but also in South Korea and other countries. We will be able to make an assessment that will give peace of mind to the international community, including neighboring countries such as China."
In addition, after visiting Japan again in the middle of January next year to conduct a survey, it was revealed that a comprehensive report on the safety of treated water will be published before the start of discharge into the sea.
TEPCO aims to dilute the treated water to a concentration below the standard in accordance with the government's policy and start discharging it into the sea from around spring next year. The problem is how to get it understood.