Tokyo Electrical Energy Firm Holdings on Thursday began the fifth spherical of the fiscal 2025 launch of handled water from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear energy plant in Fukushima Prefecture into the ocean.
That is the sixteenth time that the water containing small quantities of radioactive tritium has been launched because the discharge started in August 2023.
Tepco plans to discharge 7,800 tons of handled water after diluting it with massive quantities of seawater within the ongoing operation, set to run till Nov. 17. The water can be launched via an undersea tunnel at some extent 1 kilometer off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture.
The corporate is ready to launch a complete of about 54,600 tons within the seven rounds scheduled for the fiscal yr ending in March 2026 — the identical quantity that was discharged the earlier fiscal yr.
The nuclear plant skilled a triple meltdown within the March 2011 Nice East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
