TOKYO: According to the operator of the damaged Japanese nuclear plant, the first stage of releasing treated wastewater from Fukushima, which has infuriated China, will end on Monday( Sep 11 ).
According to a statement released late on Thursday, TEPCO added that nuclear helium concentrations in tested water examples near the plant in north-east Japan were within safe bounds.
Some of the 1.34 million tonnes of waste that have accumulated since a wave crippled the center in 2011 was released into the Pacific on August 24 by Japan.
China forbade all seafood imports from its neighbor, claiming it was treating the sea like a” sewer ,” despite Japan’s insistence that the discharge is safe and supported by the UN atomic agency.
TEPCO announced on September 11 that the first stage of releasing 7,800 tonnes of water had come to an end, but it did not specify when the next discharge would begin.
It stated that” after the first discharge is finished, we will conduct an inspection of( the) entire water dilution / discharge facility and review the operational records from the initial discharge.”
It continued by saying that on Wednesday, a” leak alarm” sounded in the waste transfer column, but no hole was found.
According to the statement,” staff quickly carried out a field evaluation in accordance with health check methods, and it was confirmed that there was no hole of … treated water.”