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Fukushima / IAEA Says Fifth Tritium-Contaminated Water Release In Japan Is Within Legal Limit

By Rumyana Vakarelska
22 April 2024

Task force will convene this week to assess progress

IAEA Says Fifth Tritium-Contaminated Water Release In Japan Is Within Legal Limit
The hundreds of tanks storing the treated water are nearly full and would reach their capacity in early 2024 without the discharge. Courtesy IAEA.
An IAEA task force conducting the safety review of Japan’s release of treated water containing the radioactive material Tritium from the damaged Fukushima I nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean will reconvene on 23 April and conduct its second mission to Japan since the start of the water discharges last year, the agency said in a statement on 19 April.

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