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IAEA Report on the Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Treated Water Discharge

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson statement on the 4 July International Atomic Energy Agency Task Force Report.

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A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said:

The UK welcomes the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report which demonstrates that Japan’s plans to release treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site are safe and consistent with internationally accepted nuclear safety standards.

This report was produced by a specialist Task Force which included experts from the IAEA Secretariat alongside internationally recognised independent experts from Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.

We welcome the continuing close cooperation between the Japanese Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency in this matter.

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Published 7 July 2023