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Is Japan dumping nuclear waste in ocean safe?
Japan argues that the release of the waste water is safe as it is processed to remove almost all radioactive elements and will be greatly diluted. The plan has the backing of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which says the release is similar to the disposal of waste water at other plants around the world.
Is Japan still dumping radioactive water into the ocean?
Japan’s government announced a decision to begin dumping more than a million tons of treated but still radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years. Within hours of the announcement, protesters rallied outside government offices in Tokyo and Fukushima.
Why is Japan releasing wastewater from nuclear power plants?
The wastewater is from the Fukushima plant, the site of a nuclear disaster almost a decade ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) backed the Japanese government’s plan to dispose of the water, saying the plan meets the global standard of practice in the nuclear industry, and releasing wastewater from nuclear power plants is commonplace.
Will Japan’s plan to release radioactive water have ‘zero environmental impact’?
Brent Heuser, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois, said Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will have “zero environmental impact.”
Should Japan release water into the ocean to save the environment?
Authorities, including the country’s environment minister, have indicated the only solution is to release it into the ocean — a plan facing opposition from environmental campaigners and fishing industry representatives. On Friday, the Japanese government postponed a decision on what to do with the water.
When will Tokyo’s nuclear power plant run out of space?
It is then kept in huge tanks, but the plant’s operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TepCo) is running out of space, with these tanks expected to fill up by 2022. About 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water – or enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools – are currently stored in these tanks, according to a Reuters report.