Japanese citizens oppose FY2024 nuclear wastewater discharge plan
Posted: 29th January 2024
Protesters hold banners which read “Don’t dump contaminated water into sea” outside Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, May 16, 2023. /CFP
The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has announced a plan to release around 54,600 tonnes of nuclear-contaminated waste water from the facility into the ocean in fiscal 2024, despite concerns and opposition.
The volume, about 1.75 times that of the 31,200 tonnes scheduled for fiscal 2023, is expected to be discharged into the Pacific Ocean in seven rounds, starting from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, according to the plan announced on Thursday.
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