On March 4th local time, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that it had completed the dismantling and removal of a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that had been emptied of contaminated water. The company plans to dismantle a total of 12 water storage tanks from April 2025 to March 2026.

According to TEPCO, the dismantled water storage tank has a diameter of 9 meters, a height of 12 meters, and a capacity of approximately 700 tons. The demolition operation started on February 14th. The various parts of the water storage tank will be cut and placed into containers for storage in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant area.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant stores treated nuclear contaminated water in over 1000 storage tanks, which contain radioactive substances such as tritium. The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company have been forcibly initiating and continuously promoting the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea since August 2023, which has sparked strong opposition from the Japanese public and the international community.