The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approved Friday morning Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding, Inc.'s plan to discharge treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea, saying there are no safety problems.
TEPCO will now embark on full-scale construction of facilities to discharge treated water into the sea once it obtains approval from Fukushima Prefecture and the towns of Okuma and Futaba in the prefecture, where the plant is located.
With storage capacity for treated water at the plant approaching its limit, the government and TEPCO hope to begin discharging the water next spring.
