One Year Since Fukushima Contaminated Water Discharge... Government States "Not a Single Issue Occurred"

Tokyo Electric Power Company to Conduct 8th Discharge by the 25th

The government announced that there have been no cases of radiation levels exceeding safety standards during the one year of discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Kim Jong-moon, First Deputy Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, stated in a written briefing on the 21st, "Since the start of the discharge, seven rounds have been carried out normally, and the eighth discharge is currently underway. Our government has completed a total of 49,633 radiation tests from the first discharge on August 24 last year until August 19 this year," he said. He added, "There have been no cases of radiation levels exceeding safety standards in our waters, seafood, or ship ballast water. There have also been no phenomena indicating public concern, such as a sharp decline in seafood consumption or panic buying," he emphasized.

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Contaminated Water Storage Tank
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Deputy Minister Kim said, "The discharge is a long-term operation and directly related to public health and safety, so we will continue to monitor closely whether the contaminated water discharge proceeds according to plan. We will do our utmost to respond without any negligence in protecting the health and safety of the public."

Earlier, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began discharging contaminated water into the ocean on August 24 last year, and until last month, it diluted and released about 55,000 tons of contaminated water into the sea in front of the Fukushima nuclear power plant over seven rounds. TEPCO plans to carry out the eighth discharge of approximately 7,800 tons from the 7th to the 25th of this month.