TOKYO, Aug 25 — Seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits,...
TOKYO, Aug 25 — Seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits, operator Tepco said today.
“We confirmed that the analysed value is equal to the calculated concentration and that the analysed value is below 1,500 bq/L,” Tepco spokesman Keisuke Matsuo told a news conference.The results were “similar to our previous simulation and sufficiently below” the safety limit, Matsuo added. “By publishing those data every day in a highly transparent fashion, we will demonstrate our actions based on scientific evidence,” said Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of nuclear policies.Tepco says that the water — more than 500 Olympic pools’ worth — from cooling the remains of three reactors has been filtered of all radioactive elements except for tritium and is safe.
Most analysts agree although environmental pressure group Greenpeace has said that the filtration process, known as ALPS, does not work and that a vast amount of radioactivity will be released into the ocean.
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