The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report that planned discharges of radioactive water from the damaged and closed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan met all relevant safety conditions and did not pose a risk to people or the environment.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the state company that owns and continues to operate the Fukushima-Daiichi site, said in a statement 30 January that the “independent review by the IAEA is extremely important in ensuring reliability and transparency regarding the safety of the discharge of ALPS [the advanced liquid processing system] treated water into the sea."
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