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Japan-Nuclear-Contaminated Water/Discharge/Fifth Round
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - March 10, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Oct 26, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Security guards at TEPCO headquarters
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - April 16, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Sign of TEPCO
FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Feb 6, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of nuclear-contaminated water storage tanks, facilities
5. Foreign correspondents gathering for press tour
6. Various of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facilities
7. Various of nuclear-contaminated water storage tanks, window
8. Various of facilities at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Aerial shots of nuclear power plant, storage tanks, sea
Japan will start the fifth round of release of the nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced Wednesday.
This round of discharge is expected to last until May 7, TEPCO said.
According to information released by TEPCO in January this year, it will release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility into the ocean in seven rounds in the fiscal 2024, starting from April.
Domestic opposition and distrust were rekindled after the TEPCO admitted that on Feb. 7, about 5.5 tons of water containing radioactive materials were discovered to have leaked from the outlet of a device used to purify nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima plant, and the water may contain 22 billion becquerels of radioactive materials such as cesium and strontium.
According to the TEPCO, human error was deemed as the cause of the incident, as 10 out of the 16 valves of the device that should have been closed were open.
In October last year, five workers were directly exposed to liquid waste containing radioactive materials in the crippled plant.
Hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered core meltdowns that released radiation, resulting in a level-7 nuclear accident, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.
The plant has been generating a massive amount of water tainted with radioactive substances from cooling down the nuclear fuel in the reactor buildings, which are now being stored in tanks at the nuclear plant.
In August 2023, Japan started to discharge the Fukushima water into the Pacific Ocean, despite repeated objections by governments and communities, environmental groups, non-governmental organizations, and anti-nuclear movements in Japan and the Pacific region.
Japan-Nuclear-Contaminated Water/Discharge/Fifth Round
Dateline : April 17, 2024/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'20
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - March 10, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Oct 26, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Security guards at TEPCO headquarters
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - April 16, 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Sign of TEPCO
FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Feb 6, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of nuclear-contaminated water storage tanks, facilities
5. Foreign correspondents gathering for press tour
6. Various of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facilities
7. Various of nuclear-contaminated water storage tanks, window
8. Various of facilities at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
FILE: Fukushima, Japan - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Aerial shots of nuclear power plant, storage tanks, sea
Japan will start the fifth round of release of the nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced Wednesday.
This round of discharge is expected to last until May 7, TEPCO said.
According to information released by TEPCO in January this year, it will release around 54,600 tons of nuclear-contaminated water from the facility into the ocean in seven rounds in the fiscal 2024, starting from April.
Domestic opposition and distrust were rekindled after the TEPCO admitted that on Feb. 7, about 5.5 tons of water containing radioactive materials were discovered to have leaked from the outlet of a device used to purify nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima plant, and the water may contain 22 billion becquerels of radioactive materials such as cesium and strontium.
According to the TEPCO, human error was deemed as the cause of the incident, as 10 out of the 16 valves of the device that should have been closed were open.
In October last year, five workers were directly exposed to liquid waste containing radioactive materials in the crippled plant.
Hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered core meltdowns that released radiation, resulting in a level-7 nuclear accident, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.
The plant has been generating a massive amount of water tainted with radioactive substances from cooling down the nuclear fuel in the reactor buildings, which are now being stored in tanks at the nuclear plant.
In August 2023, Japan started to discharge the Fukushima water into the Pacific Ocean, despite repeated objections by governments and communities, environmental groups, non-governmental organizations, and anti-nuclear movements in Japan and the Pacific region.
ID : 8372832
Published : 2024-04-17 20:05
Last Modified : 2024-04-17 21:05:28
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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