TOKYO – March 11 marks 12 years since the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear tragedy. With the region on the road to recovery, The Straits Times looks at some outstanding issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.
– March 11 marks 12 years since the Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear tragedy. With the region on the road to recovery, The Straits Times looks at some outstanding issues.This comes as the site is fast running out of space, with contaminated water being stored in as many as 1,060 water tanks on the premises. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company said these tanks hinder decommissioning work.
After verification, the water will be pumped out via a 1km underwater tunnel at an expected rate of 90 tonnes per day. A total of 14 million cubic metres has been accumulated thus far, a figure that is set to grow given that there are still difficult-to-return zones where radiation levels are high.But the ultimate destination is not yet decided, and there does not seem to be any willing takers.
Shinjuku resident Kunikazu Hirai, 70, told the Asahi newspaper: “We are angry at the danger of having soil that was once contaminated with radiation brought right next door to us.”Decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is only due to be completed around 2051.
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