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TEPCO to flush Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

Article by Amanda Jasi THE Japanese Government will allow TEPCO to discharge treated wastewater stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, into the sea, in two years’ time. Industry has welcomed the announcement, while environmentalists and human rights proponents have voiced their opposition. Following the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima site, which saw the meltdown of three reactor units, water is constantly being used to cool the melted cores. This contaminated water is treated to reduce the concentrations of radioactive molecules, and then stored. As of 18 March, 1.25m m 3 of treated water is stored at Fukushima. Storage capacity is limited to 1.37m m

QUOTES/ Countries react to Japan s plans to release Fukushima water into ocean : The Asahi Shimbun

Environmental activists wearing a mask of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and protective suits perform to denounce the Japanese government s decision on Fukushima water, near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, on April 13. (AP Photo) South Korea summoned Japan s ambassador to Seoul on Tuesday to protest the Japanese government s plan to release huge amounts of contaminated water that have built up at the wrecked Fukushima plant after treatment and dilution. China also reacted with strong opposition to the plan and the following lists detailed reactions from Japan s neighbors in Asia along with the U.S. and other parties. Japan often has testy relations with China and South Korea over historical and territorial issues.

Why Japan s Radioactive Water May End Up In the Ocean

The Japanese utility giant Tepco is planning to dump more than 1 million cubic meters of treated radioactive water enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, part of its nearly $200 billion effort to clean up the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl. Storage tanks at the site are forecast to be full by mid-2022, and space for building more is scarce. Scary as it sounds, discharges are common practice in th

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