en.Wedoany.com Reported - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) of Japan began discharging nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean on the morning of April 2. This marks the first release of nuclear-contaminated water for the 2026 fiscal year (April 2026 to March 2027) and the 19th such release overall.

According to information released by TEPCO, this round of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water discharge was initiated at 11:30 AM local time on April 2 (10:30 AM Beijing time). The discharge operation is expected to continue until April 20, with a total discharge volume of approximately 7,800 tons. The estimated radioactivity level of tritium contained in this water is about 1.9 trillion becquerels.

For the 2026 fiscal year, TEPCO plans to discharge nuclear-contaminated water eight times, with a total discharge volume of approximately 62,400 tons.

In August 2023, despite widespread international skepticism and strong opposition from relevant countries, Japan forcibly initiated and has since continued to advance the discharge into the sea of the approximately 1.34 million tons of nuclear-contaminated water accumulated since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. From the start of the discharges up to the 16th round, the cumulative discharge volume has reached 125,488 tons.

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