The actual amount of tritium discharged into the sea before the accident was around 2 trillion becquerels per year, according to TEPCO.Īccording to the International Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear power plants worldwide release treated water containing low-level concentrations of tritium and other radionuclides to the environment in a controlled manner as part of normal operations. Meanwhile, TEPCO has set the limit for the amount of tritium that can be released from the plant at less than 22 trillion becquerels per year, unchanged from the pre-disaster era. The Japanese government will aid fishermen through a new 50 billion yen in addition to a previously announced 30 billion yen fund, so they can deal with reputational damage and continue fishing. Both figures were post-disaster highs but were still about 20 percent in volume and 40 percent in value compared with harvests before the catastrophe. However, the volume and value of fish caught around the coast stood at 5,525 tons and about 3.5 billion yen ($26 million) in 2022, according to a prefectural official.
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The trial fishing ended in March 2021, and the industry is transitioning to full-scale operations. Through numerous events, local and central governments and industries have been promoting the "Joban mono" brand, generally referring to high-quality fresh fish caught in fertile waters off the coast of Fukushima.Īfter the accident caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, fishing around the coast was voluntarily suspended but later resumed on a trial basis under strict screening of radiation levels in fish. (Kyodo)Īmong the 55 countries and regions that imposed restrictions on food imports from Japan in connection with the nuclear accident, 12 still keep some limits, according to the Japanese government, with China and Russia strongly opposing the discharge. Katsuhiko Suzuki, president of Maruhide Suisan Co., works at the central wholesale market in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 11, 2023. "I hope local and central governments will take effective measures to prevent people in Japan and around the world from thinking fish from the (Fukushima) area are dangerous," he said at the central wholesale market in Iwaki in the prefecture. Katsuhiko Suzuki, president of the intermediary wholesaler Maruhide Suisan Co., expressed his concern that the discharge might hamper the recovery momentum of his business. The Japan Fisheries Cooperative and fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture remain opposed to the plan. TEPCO and the government promised local fishermen in 2015 they would not dispose of the treated water without gaining the "understanding" of concerned parties, but it remains unclear whether the two sides have agreed on what that means exactly. In April, discharge facilities were being rapidly constructed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the operator aiming to complete them by the end of June in the first quarter of the new fiscal year. Photo taken on April 11, 2023, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.
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