Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power's (Tepco) plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into sea, citing there are no safety issues.
An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following a strong earthquake, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 17, 2022. Kyodo/via REUTERS/File PhotoTOKYO, May 18 - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power's
The NRA plans to make a decision on final approval after a one-month public comment period, an official at NRA said, who deals with the issue. The U.N. watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is tasked with conducting safety reviews of the planned release, and the NRA's initial approval came when IAEA chief Rafael Grossi was visiting Japan.
Tepco plans to filter the contaminated water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen hard to separate from water. Tepco will then dilute the water until tritium levels fall less than 1/40th of regulatory limits, before pumping it into the ocean.Even after the NRA's approval, Tepco still requires the consent of local communities, including the governor and mayors as well as fishermen, before starting construction work, a Tepco spokesperson said.
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