China News Service, December 25. According to Kyodo News Agency, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry revealed on the 24th that the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant will make a decision after the beginning of 2021. policy.
At the press briefing on the Fukushima Ichi nuclear situation, the person in charge of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry stated that it is “difficult to decide the policy within this year”, and expressed the expectation in the future that “in the end, in the event that someone will oppose it anyway, I hope to see which time to decide. The most appropriate".
Data map: The water storage tank used to store nuclear sewage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
In August 2019, Tepco announced an estimate that the capacity of the storage tanks for storing treated water in the Fukushima nuclear plant will reach its limit around the summer of 2022.
Since it takes about two years to prepare for emissions, the deadline for the decision policy that was deduced before is around the summer of 2020.
After the Japanese government received a report from the expert committee in February 2020 that "discharge into the sea or evaporation is more realistic", it held a meeting to listen to the opinions of local and related groups.
In October, it was explained to the local government in Fukushima that it would hold a cabinet meeting and decide the discharge into the sea, but the decision was postponed in consideration of the still strong opposition.
At the reactor obsolescence and nuclear wastewater countermeasures team meeting in October, the relevant departments confirmed the need for countermeasures and information release related to water treatment related to image damage, and how specific or will become a problem.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Saga Kajiyama Hiroshi said at press conferences and other occasions, "We cannot delay without deciding on the policy, and we will draw conclusions responsibly at the appropriate time."