Taiwan’s Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) expects tritium levels from Japan’s latest Fukushima Daiichi wastewater release to stay below monitoring detection levels in waters near Taiwan, while the main impact is expected off Japan’s eastern coast.
The NSC said the latest operation, the 25th round, started Monday. It projects a 19-day run and a release of about 7,800 metric tons of treated wastewater. The commission based its view of the discharge’s geographic impact on forecasts from Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA) and information from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).
The program began in August 2023. The NSC counts 24 completed rounds before the current one, totaling about 188,000 cubic meters of wastewater.
Taiwanese authorities have analyzed more than 20,000 samples since 2017, the NSC said. The monitoring covered seawater and seafood, marine organisms, shoreline sand and seabed sediment. The commission reported that results showed no abnormal radiation.
