"This is a significant milestone for improving the environment for our surrounding communities and for our workers," TEPCO Chief Decommissioning Officer Naohiro Masuda said in a statement published on the company website.
In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered a meltdown of three of its six reactors due to flooding caused by a tsunami that followed in the wake of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake. Radioactive material leaked into the sea, soil and atmosphere, and hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the region.
The radioactive water was to be filtered to remove 62 radioactive elements using an Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS).
TEPCO had originally hoped to have all stored radioactive water treated by the end of March 2015, but problems made the company announce a delay until May 31.
