Water tanks containing handled water are pictured at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 4, 2026. /VCG
Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has discharged 55,011 tonnes of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean in fiscal yr 2025, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) stated in a news launch on Tuesday.
According to TEPCO, the plant carried out seven rounds of discharge all through fiscal yr 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026). The wastewater dumped into the ocean contained roughly 16 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium, it acknowledged.
The firm plans to hold out eight rounds of discharge in fiscal yr 2026, with a projected whole quantity of about 62,400 tonnes.
Despite widespread issues and opposition from the worldwide neighborhood, Japan unilaterally launched the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the plant into the ocean in August 2023. To date, a complete of 18 rounds of discharge have been accomplished, with a cumulative quantity of about 141,000 tonnes launched into the ocean.
Source: CGTN