The head of the U.N. atomic agency has told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are not scientific.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, left, speak at a facility for the sampling treated and diluted radioactive water to sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by TEPCO, in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. – The head of the U.N.
and causing large amounts of radioactive wastewater to accumulate. After more than a decade of cleanup work, the plant began discharging the water after treating it and diluting it with large amounts of seawater on Aug. 24, starting a process that’s expected to take decades. “This is very important in particular to be said in this forum here in Fukushima," he said. He noted a “political dimension to this activity since ... some neighboring countries are also manifesting concerns."
Grossi said he met with residents not only to highlight the main points about the discharges but “to learn from you.” He said he would keep coming back to Fukushima and that he is open to hearing residents' concerns and needs.
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