[Japan's Total Discharge of Contaminated Water Exceeds 190,000 Tons] Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) completed the 25th round of discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea on October 13, bringing the total amount of contaminated water discharged to date to over 190,000 tons. According to a statement released by TEPCO that day, the 7th round of discharge for fiscal year 2026 ended at 12:17 PM local time (11:17 AM Beijing time) on October 13. This round of discharge, which began on October 26, involved a total of 7,835 tons of contaminated water, containing approximately 1.4 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium. In August 2023, Japan unilaterally and forcibly initiated the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, ignoring strong international criticism and opposition. This was the 25th round of discharge, bringing the total amount of contaminated water discharged to date to 196,000 tons. Data released by TEPCO shows that as of October 29, approximately 1.22 million tons of contaminated water were still stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
