Regarding the completion of the first release of treated water accumulated at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 1, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura expressed his recognition that the process is proceeding safely, and expressed his intention to take all possible measures to support fishery companies and others based on the government's support measures totaling more than 11 billion yen for the purpose of countermeasures against rumors.
TEPCO diluted the treated water containing tritium and other radioactive substances accumulated at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to a substandard concentration from the 24th of last month and released it into the sea, and by the 11th, 10,7800 tons of water in 1 tanks had been released as planned, completing the first release.
Regarding this, METI Minister Nishimura stated at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on March 12 based on the results of analyzing the concentration of tritium in the surrounding seawater and other areas so far, "The analysis results of the monitoring are extremely low, and we recognize that we are proceeding safely.
In response to China's total suspension of imports of Japan fishery products after the release of treated water, he stated, "Regarding the impact of import restrictions, we have announced a policy package that utilizes an 800 billion yen fund and 207.1007 billion yen in contingency funds, and we would like to implement these as soon as possible." Based on the government's support measures totaling <>.<> billion yen for the purpose of countermeasures against rumors, he indicated that he would take all possible measures to support fishery companies.