INSIGHT: NORTHEAST ASIA - IAEA says Japan’s plans for nuclear wastewater

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio with a formal report that found Japan’s plan to release treated wastewater Faced with the pressing issue of wastewater storage, from the Fukushima nuclear power station is the Japanese government initiated a treatment and “consistent with international safety standards.” release plan in 2019, deemed as the most viable However, despite the IAEA’s endorsement, domestic o. [...] The management remain, including the decontamination report found that Japan’s plans were “consistent and storage of wastewater used to cool the damaged with international safety standards” and will have reactor. [...] Groundwater and rainwater, which have “negligible radiological impacts on people and the seeped into the reactor for years, also need to be environment.” The IAEA has committed to continue pumped out and stored. [...] Some expert groups have release the treated wastewater from the Fukushima labelled the most recent IAEA report as “unscientific.” nuclear power plant, a step Kishida asserts is both Domestically, although the Japanese government has “safe” and “unavoidable” for decommissioning the committed to safeguarding local fisheries, a Japanese plant. [...] For example, throughout the discharge process to mitigate the on July 2, the leader of Japan’s junior coalition negative impact of the water release.