IAEA inspects Fukushima water release

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company started discharging advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)-treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea, with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at the site confirmed.

The first release period is scheduled to be carried out over 17 consecutive days, and will involve a total of 7,800 tons of treated water diluted with seawater. The IAEA’s independent on-site analysis confirmed that the tritium concentration in the diluted water that is being discharged is far below the operational limit of 1,500 becquerels per liter.

The IAEA will have a presence on-site for as long as the treated water is released, in line with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s commitment for the IAEA to engage with Japan on the discharge of ALPS treated water before, during, and after the treated water discharges occur.