tepco analyzed the concentration of tritium, which is measured in units. it found the diluted water contained between 43 and 63 beckerals per liter. that's far below japan's release standards of 60,000 per liter. fukushima daiichi suffered a triple melt down in 2011. since then water used to cool molten fuel at the plant is mixing with rain and ground water seeping into the damaged reactor buildings. the volume has been accumulating. it's being treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. before the elise the operator is diluting the treated water to reduce treated levels to about one seventh of the world health organization's guidelines for drinking water. the water will then be moved through a tunnel under the seabed and discharged one kilometer off the coast. the first round of the process will take around 17 days and involves the release of about 7,800 tons of treated water. the full process is expected to take at least 30 years. members of local industries have voiced concern over how the release will impact their business

tepco says no treated water leaked outside the dike. it says the leak will not affect the plan to discharge treated and diluted water from the plant into the ocean. rain and ground water mixes with water used to cool molten fuel at the plant. the accumulated water is treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. japan plan tuesday dilute the treated water to reduce tritium levels to about one seventh of the world health organization's guidelines for drinking water quality before releasing it into the sea. the international atomic energy agency released a report last month saying japan's water release plan is consistent with international safety standards. >>> railway operators in parts of japan have seen fewer and fewer passengers for their trains. and the coronavirus pandemic compounded their problems. well, those at one company are hoping to turn things around by seeking help from the super natural. nhk world explains. >> reporter: in 2023 an epidemic had spread around the world. those infected turned into

as of wednesday tepco says it's discharged more than 2,900 tons of treated water. the company says daily samples taken from waters within 3 kilometers of the plant show below detectable levels of 10 per liter. that's in line with findings from japan's environment ministry and fukushima prefecture. fish caught in waters near the plant and examined by the fisheries agency also showed no detectable levelsch the water released is expected to continue for about 30 years. local fishers and others oppose the discharge fearing reputational damage. japan's government and tepco have promised to ensure long-term safety and provide transparent information about the release. >>> japanese adventurer -- took on arguably the toughest challenge of his astounding career this week. at 90 years old he aimed to summit japan's famed mount fuji. and age wasn't the biggest obstacle he had to overcome to make it to the top. >> reporter: world famous adventurer -- came on tuesday and headed straight for the summit as he had so many times before, but this climb is different. >> translator: i

inside the plant, tepco has built fish tanks filled with flounder. the diluted tritium. the utility says it will closely monitor their health. it's an effort to assure the public. but that is of little consolation to fisherman haruo ono. haruo ono: if you throw garbage or anything else in the sea, you will be punished. why is only tritium different and allowed to be dumped in the sea? really, the politicians in office now are stupid or something else, i don't know. whatever they say, we can't recover our jobs. miles: the politicians apparently have reckoned with this possibility, creating a 50 billion yen -- $340 million -- fund to compensate fishermen for potential losses. scientists may not be worried about properly diluted tritium, but perceptions driven by fear and fed by misinformation can become reality at the seafood counter. for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien in soma-city, japan. geoff: and that is the newshour for tonight. i am geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> m

tepco also released video which was shot when the act vivation started. ten minutes later the water started flowing into a shaft which is connected to a discharge tunnel. fukushima daiichi suffered a triple melt down in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. since then water used to cool molten fuel at the plant is mixing with rain and ground water seeping into damaged reactor buildings. the water is being treated to remove most radioactive substances but still contains tritium. before the release the operator is diluting the treated water to reduce tritium levels to about one seventh of the world health organization's guideline for drinking water. the atomic energy agency says the plans are consistent with relevant safety standards. it says the discharge would have a neg ligible impact on people and the environment. despite that -- japan launched a protest at the meeting of the g20 trade and investment ministers. >> translator: china's measures are not based on scientific evidence and are totally unacceptable. we demand it lift the ban immediately. >> the japa

tepco says the only radioactive element that will remain cannot be removed. these will be at such minute levels it will not harm people or the environment. they argue the water has to be released because the tanks used to store it are almost full. the 1.3 million metric tons of liquid would be pumped out over decades. tepco says it looked into alternative options including burying the water underground before deciding on the plan to discharge the water into the ocean. some experts say there might not be a better option. the problem is public trust is lacking. >> among a group of bad options, maybe the best bad option is to put it into e ocean. the problem is they do not have a lot of trust and credibility on their messaging which is that the levels of radiation are going to be quite small and will not have an appreciable impact on public health. >> some analysts highlight that such a move to release treated wastewater is unprecedented and the long-term risks are unknown. for the residents of fukushima, the decision has stirred up bad memories of the earthquak

so, but that's not really possible. >> you can't keep building tanks here. >> there's no room. >> tepco to make room to build structures designed to safely contain debris that will be radioactive for centuries. >> we have to build a variety of facilities for smooth decommissioning going forward. it is essential to start emptying and disposing of the tanks at the stage where we are now to secure vacant lots. >> before the water is tanked, it flows through a series of sophisticated treatment facilities designed to remove about a hundred radioactive isotopes. to visit the largest treatment facility, we had to add even more protective clothing. if one of these pressurized pipes sprung a leak, our radioactive contamination risk would be very high. >> this is called the advanced liquid processing plant. >> these facilities can collectively process about 300 ,000 gallons of water each day. >> it's a chemical process, not a nuclear process. so it's like an ion exchange resin in a home, water softener. >> i like that analogy. a giant home water soft. >> in chemistry terms, that's what it is for

so even when the water is piped back into the sea, tepco says fish from fukushima will be safe to eatgency broadly backs the tritium-laced water release, but will consumers actually eat the fish? unlikely, said haru ono, who is now looking at the end of his livelihood. i'm elizabeth palmer in fukushima, japan. >>> russian president vladimir putin has sent a glowing condolence letter to the family of the late mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin. he and his top associates were reportedly aboard a private jet that fell out of the sky under mysterious circumstances. most analysts believe putin was behind the wreck. debora patta has the story from ukraine. >> reporter: caught on camera, unverified footage of the plane tumbling from the sky with a missing wing, then bursting into flames north of moscowow. with unususual speed, russian aviation authorities announced the mercenary boss was among the ten people who died in that crash. wagner's social media channels claim the jet was shot down. there's been no official word from the kremlin, but president biden said he was not surprised. >> ther

tepco says levels of tritium being released are significantly lower than amounts released by normally operating nuclear power plants around the world, including those in china. intense heat waves continued to grip much of the world, putting 2023 on track to become the hottest year on record. in bolivia come a town reached 113 degrees fahrenheit thursday, matching the hottest winter temperature on record in the southern hemisphere. extreme wintertime heat is gripping southern africa where records were broken in several cities. southern europe is experiencing historically summer heatwave with hundreds of monthly records falling across france, portugal, and spain. scientists warned this week percent of italy's alpine glaciers risk disappearing by 2016. this is the italian environmentalist. >> we are hearing near the glacier and it is not cold. the zero temperature is rising again these days. there's another heatwave about 5000 meters. the ice is retreating. the snow that covered it is almost gone. amy: here in the united states, a relentless and historic heat wave is continuing with all-

representatives of the japanese government and the operator company tepco at a meeting with residentsshima prefecture calmed people with the help of beautiful charts and trend charts. such is to listen to the inhabitants of the government. they really don't want to take responsibility. they just pour water. this sura namura called the water from fukushima contaminated kishida. he characterized such a statement as extremely priryat, purified water, prime minister anton dadykin matvey popov emphasized. developers in china are facing serious problems. one of the largest companies in the country music sector, its losses hit a record level, but china's credit rating is stable. so how dangerous the situation will be told by anna lazareva china's real estate sector is shaken by unpleasant news, one of the country's largest developers, country garden holdings, showed a record net loss in the first half of the year from january to june, the company went negative by almost $ 7 billion holding, asked creditors for a delay of 40 days, experts note, that the implications for the sector could be mo

will affect marine organisms , representatives of the japanese government and the operator company tepco residents of fukushima prefecture reassured people with the help of beautiful diagrams and graphs trend. such is to listen to the inhabitants of the province and do nothing this approach does not find. we do not have a response from the government. they really don't want to take responsibility. they just pour water. it is unacceptable. in the very the government of japan is sometimes inadvertently blurted out, according to the agency minister of agriculture tetsura, namura named the water from fukushima, the polluted one described such a statement as extremely regrettable and demanded an apology. purified water is the only correct option, the prime minister emphasized. anton dadykin matvey popov lead. after the nigerian and gabunia coup, the eu should reconsider its policy towards africa , this was stated by the head of eu diplomacy jose barrel, but the truth is, he did not explain exactly how earlier, the new authorities of the country accused the eu and the us of supporting the form

pacific islands forum, which engaged very closely with the iaea, with the japanese government, and with tepcoed, reviewing all the evidence available, that we knew either what was in the tanks or that the process that's planned would work as intended. what are some of the long term effects of consuming fish and other seafood that is been in this waste water or will be in this waste water? because this is not normal cooling water, it's been in contact with molten nuclear fuel. it contains a vast variety of of radionuclides. those behave in different ways in biological systems, but they accumulate up the food chain in general. and every additional exposure to radiation with no lower limit below which there are no effects, does add to the risk of long term chronic disease, cancer and heart attacks and strokes, developmental abnormalities. so this is an avoidable additional burden to people around the pacific. and of course, once the water is released into the ocean, there's no taking it back or containing it in any way, it will then spread with the currents. i mean, the reason why the japanese g

almost full to completely discharge, it will take at least 30 years of power and the operator company tepcoocess is absolutely safe and does not itself threatened by the discharge of purified water into the sea is an important milestone for us, as well as for the progress of the decommissioning of the station from ex. in support of japan's plans, the head of the international atomic energy agency grosse called it a common practice, certified rich, approved and applied in many places in the world, we will carefully monitor that all emissions are within certain parameters and do not harm the environment if we see a rejection problem. we will raise the alarm immediately the first batch is planned to be drained into the ocean. nearly 8,000 tons of liquid for 17 days, the water passes through a filtration system that is able to remove all radioactive materials from it except for. and but the patriotism of power. japan has also been promised that the water will be diluted to keep radiation levels below those for drinking water. interestingly enough, people are making a big fuss and for the third

tepco, the company running the plan, says it is safe.ch is tritium, it is very hard to remove from water, but they say with the dilation, the fact it is in the ocean, the concentration levels are going to be well below safety standards. that does a very little to reassure people here in fukushima, injapan, and around the region. how much does a humboldt penguin weigh, you may ask. chances are you haven't, but if you have, london zoo might have the answer. every year, the zoo—keepers record the vital statistics of their animals to monitor their health and well—being, and today is weigh—in day. live now to london zoo and our reporter, naomi choy smith. a wonderfuljob today, and what a day for it as well. we have been at london zoo all morning for the annual weigh—in of 14,000 animals, not all today, it will take one week. we have seen the tigers, gorillas and we saw the penguins being weighed and now we are at the squirrel and monkey enclosure, some of the smallest primates, each weighing only about 500 grams each. at the gorilla enclosure

area received over 3,000 threatening spam calls from chinese numbers, and a station operator from tepcorespect the well-founded concerns of all parties to immediately stop the discharge of radioactively contaminated water, and to hold comprehensive consultations with neighboring countries and other interested parties. today. i hope our technological history. still more fun. yeah, that's just stupid. i think the idea was with this dinner. here they sit, cracking something there. and where is there no descent, where is the guarantee? how can i be sure that they eat fish caught in this area. nobody will show it. sit. if you believe when he lived, if so, he sat and waited. well, i really don't quite get it. he was waiting for something to grow and decided something would fall off. oh no, normal fish, it will be clear after a while, especially if the lads fall off. in general, this topic was a good joke at the very beginning. uh, when only the japanese began to say this. mm, so premier kishida said that he would calmly eat the fish you. in the fukushima area , early fukushima fish said that