The Japanese government is reportedly planning to dump more than one million tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
According to local media reports, work to release the contaminated water would begin in 2022 at the earliest and would take decades to complete.
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An official decision should be confirmed by the end of the month.
RT reports: Currently, Japan houses the water in more than 1,000 tanks, but with 170 additional tons of the radioactive by-product being produced every day, storage space is quickly running out.
It is estimated that all tanks will have reached maximum capacity by the summer of 2022 and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Friday that the decision was one they could “not keep delaying,” Kyodo News reported.
The water is used to cool the Fukushima nuclear reactor core, which went into meltdown after the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck the plant.
The government previously considered building more tanks to house the additional water, or attempting to evaporate the water into the atmosphere, but an advisory panel recommended releasing it into the ocean as the most efficient solution. However, the release process is not expected to begin until 2022 and is likely to take 30 years to complete.
The prospect of an ocean release has reignited concerns among local fishermen who fear it could destroy their industry.
“We are terrified that if even one fish is found to have exceeded the [radiation] safety standards after the treated water is released, people’s trust in us will plummet,” Kyodo News quoted a local fisherman as saying.
Hiroshi Kishi, who heads a confederation of Japanese fishing cooperatives told officials last week that the release could have a “catastrophic impact” on the industry.
Fishing was completely halted following the 2011 disaster, and despite a recent recovery, fishermen in the region continue to face international trade restrictions. South Korea, which still bans all fish imports from the region, has described the proposal as a “grave threat.”
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I hope Greta Thunberg is on the first plane to Japan to scowl at and scold the Japanese over their radioactive pollution.
They deserve her.
Will the Japanese stop eating sushi and sashimi after their famous fishy diet is contaminated with Fukushima radiation?
Hopefully it floats toward the china shore.
Where’s Greta? Doesn’t she like Sushi and Sashimi?
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The energy Barons forced the Japanese to go nuclear .It wasn’t something Japan wanted to do At all .They were under occupation .
nuclear winter via the japan nuclear accident.Green house effect yes but nuclear winter has changed the weather worldwide and the radioactive waste is everywhere worldwide clouds to seas and rain on land.200,000 years to get back to where we were.NO one is even checking the radioactive anymore including the nuclear regulation commission.The atomic clock busted after that leakdown x5.It is to late and the commission is heading it`s head in the radioactive sands of time