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Video Conference Briefing Session regarding the handling of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) Treated Water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
On August 7, 2024, a video conference briefing session for diplomatic missions and others in Tokyo was organized regarding the handling of the ALPS treated water at the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS). 24 participants from 19 countries and region attended the session. It was the 124th session after the FDNPS accident.
- In the session, TEPCO explained the current status and planned discharges of the ALPS treated water, and then METI explained an overview of the IAEA review results since the start of the discharge.
- Regarding the safety of the discharge of ALPS treated water into the sea, the Government has been courteously explaining Japan's efforts at international conferences and on the occasion of bilateral meetings as well as such briefing sessions mentioned above. In addition, the Government has been actively explaining and disseminating information to the world, not only in Japanese, but other languages, through its website and SNS, and the IAEA has given a positive evaluation of these activities. We will continue to provide information courteously based on scientific evidence with a high level of transparency.
Brazil, Cambodia, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iraq, Italy, Mozanbique, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, United States of America, Uruguay
The ALPS treated water is water which is processed by devices such as ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) to ensure that the concentration of the radioactive materials other than tritium surely meet the regulatory standards for safety. In addition, the ALPS treated water is sufficiently diluted by seawater before the discharges into the sea so that radioactive materials including tritium is far below the regulatory standards for safety.