Taiwan says radiation levels normal after 10th Fukushima discharge

台灣表示福島核電廠第十次排放輻射量正常

Wastewater from Japanese nuclear plant has no effect on Taiwan, authority says


TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) said testing has revealed no irregularities in radiation levels after Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant completed the 10th discharge of wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday (Nov. 5).

Between Jan. 1 and Sunday (Nov. 3), 3,537 samples of marine life, ocean water, the ocean floor, and coastal sand were analyzed, with no abnormalities in radiation levels found, the NSC said in a release. It said radiation testing has been carried out by the Central Weather Administration since 2016.

The 10th batch discharged from the plant contained about 7,800 cubic meters of water with 2.7 megabecquerels of radiation, the NSC said. It said the batch took 19 days to discharge.

The NSC said that 78,231 cubic meters of wastewater have been discharged from the plant since the process began in August 2023. It said the water contained approximately 15.2 megabecquerels of radiation.

The NSC noted that the International Atomic Energy Agency announced in October that sampling found the concentration of tritium in wastewater released from the plant was lower than Japan’s target of 1,500 becquerel per liter.