By the second day of the conference, Japan\u2019s Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio had met individually with the leaders of Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.<\/p>\n
Referring to the offshore release of water from Fukushima Daiichi\u2015the water having already been treated by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), purifying it of radioactive substances other than tritium to levels below regulatory standards\u2015the prime minister told them that Japan would \u201ccontinue its efforts to ensure safety.\u201d Each of the attending leaders responded to his comments appreciatively.<\/p>\n
More than a year ago, on July 4, 2023, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hand-delivered to the Japanese government the IAEA\u2019s comprehensive report on its safety review of the ALPS-treated water, following which the first release of the water into the sea began on August 24 of the same year. The seventh release was completed recently, on July 16.<\/p>\n
A second IAEA safety review mission comprising international experts visited Japan from April 23 to 26 of this year, after the releases had begun. Recently, on July 18, the IAEA published a report on the results after on-site investigations and discussions with relevant organizations, stating, \u201cNothing was identified that is inconsistent with the requirements in the relevant international safety standards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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