PRESS RELEASE : Japan’s discharge of treated Fukushima-Daiichi water: UK statement [August 2023]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 31 August 2023.

An FCDO spokesperson gave a statement on Japan’s first discharge of treated water from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site.

On 24 August 2023 Japan undertook its first discharge of treated water from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site.

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said:

The UK is fully supportive of the Government of Japan in taking such action.

The UK government would like to restate its full satisfaction with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) monitoring and judgement that Japan’s release of treated water from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site is safe and consistent with internationally accepted nuclear safety standards.

The UK wishes to underscore the routine nature of aqueous discharges of tritium. It is standard practice throughout the nuclear industry globally.