The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to reassure the people of Fukushima before the nuclear power plant’s water is discharged into the ocean.

The discharge of water from the Fukushima plant in Japan will have an impact “negligible to the population and the environment”. While traveling to the country, Wednesday, July 5, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, met with residents of the city. The nuclear policeman tries to reassure them after approving the Japanese government’s plan to remove nearly a million tons of polluted water from the plant’s activities in the Pacific Ocean. Twelve years after the nuclear disaster caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, The site’s storage capacity will reach saturation soon.

These releases of water should begin this summer and continue for several decades. The government’s plan is primarily to treat water from cooling damaged nuclear reactors. If the chosen method removes all radioactive material, the tritium will still be present in the water, even after filtration. Thus, before it is discharged, the water will then be diluted in order to lower the level of this radioactive substance. “This, as endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a general practice that is accepted and observed in far too many places, all over the world.”reassured Rafael Grossi from Japan.

Despite these pronouncements, residents remain suspicious: local fishermen in particular fear their customers will shun their produce, once discards begin. Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Reconfirm that plan “Meets international safety standards” And that the role of his agency is not “cover” Something “bad”. After visiting the factory on Wednesday, he will start a tour of several neighboring countries, including South Korea, to respond, once again, to the discontent raised by this project.