Government: "We will thoroughly monitor the second discharge of Japanese contaminated water"

Tokyo Electric Power Company Announces Second Discharge Plan for Fukushima Contaminated Water
"Safety Checks and Inspections Planned to Confirm Discharge According to Plan"

The government announced that it will "thoroughly monitor" Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) plan for the second discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant contaminated water discharge facility.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

On the 28th, the Office for Government Policy Coordination stated regarding the second discharge of contaminated water, "We will take the best possible measures to ensure that there is no impact on the safety and health of the public." It added, "As with the first discharge, we will thoroughly monitor the real-time data provided by TEPCO, as well as publicly disclosed information following sample collection and analysis."

The government plans to dispatch domestic experts to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fukushima field office and receive information on IAEA verification activities through video conferences and written information sharing. Based on this, the Office for Government Policy Coordination explained, "We plan to firmly confirm and inspect the safety, including whether TEPCO is discharging according to the plan."

Meanwhile, the Japanese government and TEPCO announced the plan for the second discharge of Fukushima contaminated water at 5:45 p.m. on the same day. TEPCO plans to discharge 7,800 tons of contaminated water over approximately 17 days during the second discharge period.

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