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Fukushima Radioactive Water Into Pacific Ocean Will Be Safe: IAEA
 [Epoch Times] Japan’s plans to release radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean are consistent with international safety standards, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded.The IAEA also stated that "controlled, gradual discharges of the treated water to the sea" as currently planned by Japan’s government and the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), would have a "negligible radiological impact on people and the environment." While the water stored at the FDNPS has been treated through an "Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)" to remove "almost all" radioactivity, it still remains tainted by tritium, a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen that can bond with oxygen to make water, making it difficult to fully remove. Tritium is used with phosphorus in self-powered lighting devices which are used for night illumination of firearm sights, watches, exit signs, map lights, navigational compasses, etc. Before the water is discharged into the Pacific Ocean, it’ll be diluted by Japanese authorities to reduce the tritium to below regulatory standards, the IAEA stated. Multiple nuclear power plants throughout the world regularly release wastewater containing tritium above the concentration of TEPCO’s treated water, according to reports. In June, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called the plan "extremely selfish and irresponsible," saying that the ocean is "humanity’s common good, not Japan’s private sewer." Then he caught COVID-19 and expired. But the world remains China's sewer. Related: Fukushima nuclear plant: 2013-10-26 Small Tsunami Hits Japan, Fukushima Evacuated after 7.1 Quake Fukushima nuclear plant: 2013-07-10 Former Fukushima nuclear plant boss dies of cancer Fukushima nuclear plant: 2013-02-28 Japan Robot Suit Gets Global Safety Certificate Posted by: Bobby 2023-07-06 |
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