Japan to restart nuclear-contaminated water launch late February 2024

A fishing boat sails after unloading its catch for the morning public sale at Hisanohama Port in Iwaki, Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, October 19, 2023. /CFP

Japan will begin the fourth spherical of dumping of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean in late February subsequent yr, state broadcaster NHK reported on Monday citing Tokyo Electric Power Company.

The complete quantity of discharge is anticipated to be 7,800 tonnes, the report added. 

Japan formally began releasing handled radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on August 24 this yr, regardless of opposition from neighboring international locations like China and South Korea, adopted by the second and third launch on October 5 and November 2, with every discharge lasting round 17 days. 

Source: CGTN