Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 28th Oct. International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday confirmed that the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is progressing as planned and without any technical concerns.
IAEA members were in Japan to review the safety of the process two months after the water was released into the Pacific Ocean, the UN nuclear watch dog agency said .
The task force set up by the IAEA reviewed facilities and equipment installed at the power station, which suffered major damage during an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
Water that was pumped in to cool the plant came in contact with radioactive substances, resulted in contamination. It was treated and diluted through a filtration process called Advanced Liquid Processing System then stored in special tanks.
IAEA said in a report published in July that Japan’s approach and activities to discharge the treated water were “consistent with relevant international safety standards”.
The Task Force is comprised of experts from the UN agency 11 countries – Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Viet Nam.
“Conducting regular Task Force review missions is one way in which the IAEA will continue its multiyear safety review,” the agency said.
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