“The delegation includes international independent experts from 11 countries – Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, South Korea, Marshall Islands, Russia, UK, US and Vietnam,” Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. This will be the IAEA's fifth inspection since August 2023, when controlled discharges into the sea began. The last time experts worked at the site was on May 30 this year. Previous inspections took place in December 2024, April 2024 and October 2023. TEPCO, the company that operates the plant, has been dumping liquid previously used to cool destroyed reactors into the ocean since August 2023. Before discharge, the water passed through the ALPS facility, where 62 types of radioactive elements were extracted, RIA Novosti writes. The only exception is tritium, which is technically unfilterable. By April 2025, 94 thousand tons of treated liquid had been discharged into the sea. During the current fiscal year, which runs until March 31, 2026, an additional 54.6 thousand tons of water containing 15 trillion becquerels of tritium are expected to be released. The activities will be carried out in seven phases. Previously, a scientist from the Urals talked about how the presence of another coolant could change the course of history after the Fukushima disaster. Photo: FederalPress / Anna Mironova
