Japan’s nuclear authority gives the definitive ‘yes’ to the plan to dump treated water from Fukushima into the sea

July 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan has definitively approved this Friday the Government’s plan to dump the treated water from the Fukushima plant into the sea, so the facilities now have the approval of the entity and they will be able to start unloading the tanks.

The company that manages the plant, TEPCO, has thus received a certificate from the NRA indicating that the facilities have successfully undergone the latest inspections after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated this week that the Tokyo plan meets international standards.

However, and although the company and the Government have adapted the facilities while waiting to start releasing the water in question, the fishing industry, the populations of the area and nearby countries have expressed their opposition to dumping the nuclear waste after the treatment process.

The Government of China has announced a ban on food from some areas of Japan due to the imminent release of water and recalled that the Japanese authorities promised in 2015 not to carry out the plan if they did not get the approval of all parties. .

Now the Japanese government is trying to win over reluctant parties and the fishing industry as Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura has stressed that it is “important to explain that the measures are safe and that precautions have been taken to avoid damage to the reputation of the fishing industry”.

The authorities plan to allocate 50,000 million yen (more than 300 million euros) in aid to the fishing industry, which already has a fund of 30,000 million yen (192 million euros) to deal with damage to reputation and power keep fishing.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, next week.