Tokyo Electric Power Co., or TEPCO, operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, said the release of treated wastewater from the plant’s first phase would end in 2020. This Monday

TEPCO announced the end of Phase 1 discharge of 7,800 tonnes of wastewater on Sept. 11, but has not yet set a date for the start of Phase 2. TEPCO said After the completion of Phase 1 of the wastewater release, the company will conduct a dilution check with water. water release equipment and review of all performance records in Phase 1, TEPCO said. An alarm about a leak in the sewerage transfer pipe sounded on Wednesday. But inspections did not find any leaks, he said. Tritium levels in seawater samples collected near the power plant in the northeast of the country were still within safe limits.

Japan began releasing treated radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean on August 24, out of an estimated 1.34 million liters of water collected since power plants were damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It is safe to release into the sea. The International Energy Agency or IAEA has given its approval. But China was dissatisfied and banned the import of all seafood from Japan, accusing Japan of treating the sea like a sewer. As for the entire wastewater release operation, it will take several decades to complete. – Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency