{"id":9489,"date":"2024-03-16T08:08:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=9489"},"modified":"2024-03-16T08:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:08:39","slug":"japan-halts-fukushima-water-release-following-earthquake-as-a-precautionary-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=9489","title":{"rendered":"Japan halts Fukushima water release following earthquake as a precautionary measure."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" data-id=\"9490\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thumbs_b_c_f45721aa14d7820acf6ca12311d23546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thumbs_b_c_f45721aa14d7820acf6ca12311d23546.jpg 864w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thumbs_b_c_f45721aa14d7820acf6ca12311d23546-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thumbs_b_c_f45721aa14d7820acf6ca12311d23546-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TOKYO: Wastewater discharges from Japan\u2019s Fukushima nuclear power plant were temporarily suspended on Friday after an earthquake, its operator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 5.8-magnitude tremor occurred off the coast of the northeastern Fukushima area, where a power plant destroyed by the tsunami is located in 2011 at 00:14 on Friday (15:14 on Thursday), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have remotely confirmed that there are no abnormalities at the ALPS treated water dilution\/discharge facility, etc.,\u201d Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the water release process.<br>But \u201cjust in case, we have suspended the operation of the facility by pre-defined operating procedures\u201d, it said in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hours later, TEPCO said in a statement that \u201cno abnormalities were detected\u201d and a spokesman told AFP that water releases would resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: With bites rare, experts want sharks to shed scary reputation<br>After TEPCO completed the necessary checks, no radiation leakage was detected, while \u201cdata from monitoring stations remains normal\u201d, he added.<br>Japan\u2019s Nuclear Regulatory Authority also said shortly after the earthquake that no abnormalities had been detected at either the crashed Fukushima Daiichi plant or its sister plant, Fukushima Daini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last August, TEPCO began discharging into the Pacific Ocean about 540 Olympic-sized pools of wastewater that had accumulated at Fukushima Daiichi since the 2011 accident, one of the world\u2019s worst nuclear disasters.<br>The operation was approved by the UN Atomic Agency, and TEPCO says all radioactive elements have been filtered out except for tritium, whose levels are within safe limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But China and Russia criticized the Pacific dumping and banned Japanese seafood imports, saying Japan was polluting the environment.<br>Japan experiences hundreds of earthquakes each year, and the vast majority cause no damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries from the latest tremor and no tsunami warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO: Wastewater discharges from Japan\u2019s Fukushima nuclear power plant were temporarily suspended on Friday after an earthquake, its operator said. 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