How will Japan release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant?

Japan has begun pumping treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Read more at straitstimes.com.

from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, a process that will take decades to complete.

Water containing tritium is routinely released from nuclear plants around the world, and regulatory authorities support dealing with the Fukushima water in this way. Greenpeace said on Tuesday that the radiological risks have not been fully assessed, and that the biological impacts of tritium, carbon-14, strontium-90 and iodine-129 - to be released with the water - “have been ignored”.

Activists protest against Japan’s plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Seoul, on Aug 24, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

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