TOKYO: The release of wastewater from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific will begin on Thursday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced, despite opposition from fishermen and protests by China.
Japan insists the gradual release of the more than 500 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency.'We will request TEPCO to promptly prepare for the start of oceanic discharge based on the plan approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, with discharge expected to be August 24 if weather and sea conditions do not hinder it,' Kishida said Tuesday following a ministers' meeting in Tokyo, referring to the stricken plant's operator.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting with representatives of the Inter-Ministerial Council for Contaminated Water, Treated Water and Decommissioning Issues and the Inter-Ministerial Council Concerning the Continuous Implementation of the Basic Policy on Handling of ALPS Treated Water, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 22, 2023.
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