An IAEA task force conducting the safety review of Japan’s release of treated water containing the radioactive material Tritium from the damaged Fukushima I nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean will reconvene on 23 April and conduct its second mission to Japan since the start of the water discharges last year, the agency said in a statement on 19 April.

The mission represents the next in a series that began in 2021 and will continue throughout the agency safety review of the discharges. The discharged water is treated in an advanced liquid processing system (ALPS) by plant owned Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) prior to release.