今年度初の処理水放出が終了　次回は早ければ今月中―東電福島第１原発

　東京電力は７日、福島第１原発にたまる処理水の今年度初めての海洋放出を終了したと発表した。年度内にさらに６回の放出が予定されており、次回は早ければ今月中に実施される。東電は年度内に計約５万４６００トンを放出する予定。
　今年度初の放出は先月１９日に開始したが、同２４日、構内の掘削工事に従事していた作業員のミスで放出設備などに通じる電源ケーブルが損傷し、約６時間半、中断した。処理水の漏えいなどは確認されず、周辺海域のトリチウム濃度にも異常は見られなかった。（2024/05/07-12:55）

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed the first round of its discharges of tritium-containing treated water from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea this fiscal year.
   TEPCO plans six more rounds in fiscal 2024, which began last month, aiming to release 54,600 tons of treated water in total.   The next round is expected for as early as this month.
   The first round started on April 19 but was suspended for about six and a half hours on April 24 after a power cable linked to a discharge facility was mistakenly damaged during drilling work in the premises.
   No leak of treated water was confirmed, and no abnormality in tritium levels was seen in the sea in the surrounding area.
   The company started discharging the treated water in August 2023. About 31,200 tons of water was released in four rounds last fiscal year.