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Japan says Fukushima water release to start in ‘spring or summer’ | Fukushima News

The controversial plan would see around 1 million tonnes of water used to cool the ruined plant’s reactors discharged into the Pacific Ocean.

The Japanese government has said it will begin discharging radioactive water from Fukushima, the nuclear power plant devastated by the 2011 tsunami, into the sea “around this spring or summer”.

Spring usually starts in Japan in March and summer in June.

Japan release approval more 1 million tons of water used to cool the reactors since the meltdown in April 2021.

The water, currently stored in storage tanks at the site of the dilapidated plant in northeastern Japan, will be treated before being released, but the plan has been condemned by neighboring countries. Pacific countries and local fishing scared community it will affect their livelihood.

The water, the equivalent of about 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools, has been treated but is also being re-filtered to remove harmful isotopes. It will also be diluted to meet international standards before being released into the ocean.

In July, Japan’s foreign ministry said regulators deemed it safe to discharge into water, even after filtration would still contain traces of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that is difficult to separate from water.

Fukushima plant destroyed March 2011 by a tsunami caused by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated after the disaster, and the United Nations says about 40,000 are still unable to return home because of radiation exposure.

Plant shutdowns and radiation cleanup are expected to take decades.

The process is being overseen by Tokyo Electric Power, which owns the plant.



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