TEPCO to release Fukushima contaminated water offshore - China.org.cn

The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) is planning to build an approximately 1-km undersea tunnel to release contaminated radioactive water from the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant out to sea, local media reported Wednesday.

The Japanese government decided in April to start discharging the water from around spring of 2023.

The country's decision to dump Fukushima contaminated water into the sea has received strong criticism from its neighboring countries including China.

China has expressed serious concerns about Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear station, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian saying that China urged the Japanese side to take a responsible attitude and treat the issue of nuclear waste disposal with caution.