China News Service, July 22. According to Kyodo News, on the 22nd local time, the Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission officially approved the nuclear polluted water discharge plan after the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. It believes that there is no safety problem.
According to reports, TEPCO will start the full construction of nuclear sewage discharge facilities after obtaining the consent of the local government, and the sewage discharge plan is expected to start in the spring of 2023.
Data map: Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
According to previous reports, according to the plan, the nuclear sewage will be diluted with sea water and then discharged about 1 km offshore through an undersea tunnel.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 occurred in the waters off northeastern Japan and triggered a huge tsunami, causing heavy casualties.
Affected by the earthquake and tsunami, a large amount of radioactive material leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
On April 13, 2021, the Japanese government decided to filter and dilute a large amount of nuclear sewage from Fukushima and discharge it into the sea.
The move was strongly opposed by the Fukushima Prefecture Fisheries Association and the National Federation of Fisheries Associations of Japan, as well as the international community.