China News Service, February 14 (Xinhua) Comprehensive Japanese media reports that on the 14th, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) investigation team arrived in Japan and began to investigate the safety of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company's plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear sewage into the sea.
Data map: Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
According to reports, the IAEA investigation team, composed of experts from South Korea and other countries surrounding Japan, will go to the Fukushima nuclear power plant on the 15th to assess the preparations for sewage discharge to the sea.
The person in charge of the IAEA investigation team said that the investigation will carry out transparent verification on the basis of objectivity and science.
The Japanese government decided in April 2021 that the Fukushima nuclear sewage will be discharged into the sea after being filtered and diluted, and the discharge will be started around the spring of 2023, and the international community has expressed concern.
In order to improve the so-called international transparency, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and the IAEA have reached a consensus that the IAEA will assess the safety of the emission steps and the impact on the environment, and will compile an interim report in 2022.