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According to NHK, Japanese public broadcast, and other media, Secretary-General Glossi met with Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry on that day. From next spring, TEPCO exchanged views on treating the treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant with a multi-nuclide removal facility (ALPS), diluting it with seawater, reducing the concentration of tritium (tritium), and discharging it to the Pacific Ocean.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hagita said, "It is very important to gain understanding domestically and abroad about the release of treated water," and expressed their intention to fully cooperate with the verification of the IAEA. In response, Secretary-General Glossi replied, "We will continue to verify."
Secretary-General Glossi will visit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on May 19th and meet with Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi. A press conference will be held on 20th, the last day of his visit to Japan.
The IAEA is verifying the safety of the plan at the request of Japan regarding the release of treated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean. Prior to this, the IAEA's Countermeasures Committee said in a report in April that "TEPCO and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have discussed the release procedure with interested parties and made considerable efforts to communicate with the public."
"We will publish an overall report summarizing the Commission's conclusions before releasing the ALPS-treated water," and they added. "This report will contain final conclusions."
Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved TEPCO's detailed plan for the release of treated water into the ocean on this day. According to TEPCO, ALPS can remove 62 types of radioactive substances such as cesium, but tritium cannot be filtered. In addition, although it is a trace amount, nuclides such as carbon-14 will remain in the water treated with ALPS.
2022/05/21 09:43 KST
