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Why does Japan want to release Fukushima water?

The Japanese utility giant Tepco is planning to release more than 1 million cubic meters of treated radioactive water — enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools — from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, part of its nearly $200 billion effort to clean up the worst atomic …

Where does Japan put their nuclear waste?

Fukushima
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.

Will Japan’s TEPCO dump nuclear water into the Pacific Ocean?

In a news briefing in Tokyo earlier this week, Japan’s Minister of the Environment, Yoshiaki Harada, told reporters that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) will have to dump radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plants into the Pacific Ocean.

Can Japan release radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean?

Even if the Japanese government finally decides to release the radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, it will require the permission of the Tokyo-based Nuclear Regulation Authority. This will likely take around two years before any water can be discharged, according to Kyodo News.

How will releasing contaminated water affect Japan?

Releasing contaminated water will undoubtedly affect Japan’s fishery, which is of great importance to the country. Other countries may also stop importing Japanese seafood. This will be a great blow to Japan. The ocean is an indispensable part of the Earth’s ecosystem.

What will happen to the ocean after nuclear waste is discharged?

After the nuclear waste water is discharged, it will reach every corner of the ocean in 10 years, driven by ocean currents, and the whole world will be affected. Some people think that only Asia will be affected.