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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) — Japan on Friday began the 18th stage of releasing radioactively contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.
The water release operation will last 19 days, until March 24, Japanese energy company TEPCO /Tokyo Electric Power/ announced.
According to TEPCO, about 7,800 tons of water containing approximately 2 trillion becquerels of tritium will be discharged.
In fiscal year 2026, the Japanese company plans to discharge a total of 62,400 tons of contaminated water containing approximately 11 trillion becquerels of tritium in eight stages.
In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was damaged by a powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami, resulting in a Level 7 nuclear accident, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.
Despite opposition from local fishermen, residents, and the international community, TEPCO began discharging radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean in August 2023. The 17th stage of the discharge was completed in December 2025. To date, approximately 133,000 tons of water have been discharged.
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