Japan's Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission on the 18th passed the review result that there is no problem with the safety of the water treatment and sea discharge plan of Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Although this is a step forward to the sea discharge procedures, the formal construction of sea discharge facilities requires the consent of the local government, which is strongly opposed by fishery people worried about image damage. It is difficult to predict whether the goal of the Japanese government and TEPCO to start sea discharge around the spring of 2023 can be achieved.
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Kyodo 19 reported that the Regulatory Commission is expected to formally approve the review results after a month of public opinion solicitation. Chairman Fengzhi gengta said, "if you work hard, I think you can get approval in July".
The timetable presented by TEPCO proposes to start the construction of sea discharge facilities in June, but it is bound to be postponed, because the consent of Fukushima Prefecture and Shuangye and Daixiong towns where the first nuclear power plant is located needs to be obtained before the construction starts. According to the progress of procedures, the start time of sea discharge may be affected.
In April this year, TEPCO announced that the full capacity of storage tanks for nuclear treated water was postponed from "around spring 2023" to "around autumn of the same year". However, gengta pointed out that "(the start time of sea discharge) is preferably from spring 2023 and at the latest in summer".
The central government and TEPCO promised local fishermen that "no form of treated water disposal will be carried out until the understanding of relevant people is obtained." "There has been no change in the opposition position," ishihiro Kishida, President of the National Federation of Fisheries Associations (all Fisheries Federation), told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April this year
Chief Cabinet Secretary hiroichi Matsuno said at a press conference on May 18 that he would "repeatedly introduce safety to fishermen, consumers and even neighboring countries", reiterating his attitude of seeking understanding for sea discharge.