今年度初の処理水放出始まる　来月７日まで―東電福島第１原発

　東京電力は１９日、福島第１原発にたまる処理水の海洋放出を開始した。今年度初めてで、これまでと同様に放射性物質トリチウムを含む処理水約７８００トンを大量の海水で薄め、来月７日まで約１キロの沖合から流す。今年度は７回で計約５万４６００トンの放出を計画している。
　昨年８月に始まった処理水放出は通算５回目。東電や国などは海水や水産物のトリチウム濃度の測定を実施しているが、いずれも国の基準値を大幅に下回っている。（2024/04/19-11:38）

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. started the release for fiscal 2024 of treated water containing tritium, a radioactive substance, from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea on Friday.
   In the first round, set to run until May 7, about 7,800 tons of treated water will be discharged about 1 kilometer offshore after being diluted with a large amount of seawater.
   This is the fifth round in total since the water release started in August 2023. In fiscal 2024, which ends in March 2025, TEPCO plans to release a total of 54,600 tons in seven rounds.
   The nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, was severely damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
   Monitoring by TEPCO and the Japanese government has so far shown that tritium levels in seawater and fishery products are well below the government-set standards.