https://www.afinalwarning.com/510535.html (Natural News) Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on April 7 that the country would have to dump radioactive wastewater from the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean. He said that disposing of the water this way was “unavoidable,”
the Japan Times reported. No final decision had been made but Suga would meet with select ministers of state as early as April 13 to finalize a plan.
For several years, the Japanese government has delayed making a decision on the disposal issue. But it will have to decide very soon since all of the tanks storing Fukushima wastewater will be full by next year.
The water is being treated using an advanced liquid processing system (ALPS), which removes most radioactive materials including strontium and cesium but leaves behind tritium, an isotope of hydrogen said to pose little health risk in low concentrations.
In the flyers and video, the character explains that ocean release of water containing tritium is standard practice at nuclear power plants around the world.
In an animation video on the website of Japan’s Reconstruction Agency, the tritium mascots are seen swimming in the ocean near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. | VIA KYODO
“It seems the government’s desire to release the water into the sea takes priority over everything. We fishermen can’t understand it,” said Katsuo Watanabe, an 82-year-old fisherman from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.
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Fukushima locals criticize government for tone-deaf tritium mascot
A mascot launched by the Japanese government to coincide with its decision to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean has become the target of criticism by local residents, with many saying it is out of sync with the harsh reality of the situation.
The Reconstruction Agency on Tuesday released a flyer and video on its website featuring the radioactive substance tritium as a cute character to dispel concerns about the government s decision, but they were removed Wednesday night following the criticism.
The radioactive substance tritium depicted as a cute character in a video released by the Reconstruction Agency on April 13, 2021. (Supplied screenshot from the Reconstruction Agency homepage)(Kyodo)
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