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On Thursday, November 21, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) will hold a press conference for foreign media at which the Chief Decommissioning Officer and the Chief Officer for ALPS Treated Water Management will give an update on the status of decommissioning work and the discharge of ALPS treated water into the sea at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

 

During this press conference, TEPCO will give an update on the status of initiatives pertaining to decommissioning work, focusing on the status of Unit 2 fuel debris trial retrieval and the discharge of ALPS treated water into the sea.

 

* This press conference will be held by TEPCO with the cooperation of the Foreign Press Center Japan (FPCJ).

 

* This will be an online press conference live-streamed via Zoom webinar with advance registration required. There will be no in-person participation.

* In principle, this press conference is for foreign media/journalists, but foreign embassy officials to Japan and FPCJ supporting members are also welcome to attend as observers.

 

■ Date & Time:

10:30am-12:00pm (JST), Thursday, November 21, 2024

 

■ Topics covered:

・Status of Unit 2 fuel debris trial retriev

・Status of the discharge of ALPS treated water into the sea

・Q&A

 

■ Briefer:

Akira ONO

Chief Decommissioning Officer (CDO), President of the Fukushima Daiichi

Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (TEPCO)

 

Junichi MATSUMOTO

Fellow, Chief Officer for ALPS treated water management, Fukushima Daiichi

Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (TEPCO)

 

■ Language:

Japanese (simultaneous English interpretation will be available for the briefing, and consecutive English interpretation will be available for the Q&A session)

 

■ Application Deadline:

12:00pm (JST), Tuesday, November 14, 2024

(Applications received past noon will not be accepted)

 

■ For the press:

To accommodate as many questions during the limited Q&A time as possible, we would like to gather all questions in advance and share them with the briefer. Please send questions you have for the briefer and/or issues of concern to cp@fpcjpn.or.jp by 12:00pm (JST), Tuesday, November 14, 2024.

 

■ Inquiries:

[Inquiries about the application process]

Media Communication & Planning Division, Foreign Press Center Japan

(email: sc@fpcjpn.or.jp  Tel: 03-3501-5251）

 

[All other inquiries]

Global Communication Group, Corporate Communications Office, TEPCO

(e-mail: inquiry-contact-us@tepco.co.jp   Tel:03-6373-1111)