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The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's nuclear contaminated water discharge onshore facility will undergo trial operation on the 12th
According to local media in Fukushima, Japan on June 9th, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that the onshore discharge facility for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's contaminated water discharge project will be completed within this week and will begin trial operation from the 12th of this month.
According to TEPCO, the trial operation period of the onshore discharge facilities will last for about two weeks, during which fresh water without radioactive substances will be mixed with seawater to test whether a fixed amount of water can be discharged into the sea, and to confirm whether the discharge operation can be stopped by manipulating the device in emergency situations.
At present, the operation of injecting seawater into the underwater tunnel used for discharging nuclear contaminated water was completed on June 6th, with a filling volume of about 6000 tons. According to multiple Japanese media reports, the discharge mechanism of underwater tunnels is to transport diluted nuclear contaminated water discharged from land through underwater tunnels to offshore drainage outlets.
Representatives of fishing groups such as Fukushima Prefecture in Japan once again oppose the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea
According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association on the 10th, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yasumi Nishimura, visited Fukushima Prefecture and neighboring Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures on the same day, exchanging views with representatives of local fishing groups on the issue of the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident into the sea.
Nishimura explained that they are currently promoting a plan to discharge water into the sea that may start this summer. In response, representatives of fishing groups such as Tetsuya Nozaki, President of the Fukushima Prefecture Fisheries Collaborative Association, once again expressed opposition to the discharge of "ALPS treated water" into the ocean.
At the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the amount of contaminated water containing radioactive isotopes such as tritium after treatment continues to increase. As of May 18th, it has reached approximately 1.33 million tons, equivalent to 97% of the total capacity of storage tanks already installed.
TEPCO stated that the sea discharge preparations have entered the final stage and will strive to complete the construction of the sea discharge equipment and the inspection of the equipment by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission before the end of this month.
The International Atomic Energy Agency will compile a comprehensive inspection report on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's plan to discharge contaminated water into the sea as early as the end of this month. According to Japanese media analysis, the Japanese government will wait for this report to be submitted before starting sea discharge, and may complete all sea discharge preparations by the end of this month.
Japan strongly promotes the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea to reduce costs
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Pollutant discharge into the sea has the lowest cost but far-reaching harm
The Japanese government and TEPCO have always claimed that the discharge of treated water is safe. Is this the true situation? Several Japanese scholars have made tit for tat criticisms.
Professor Naomi Shibata from Fukushima University in Japan: Even treated water still contains radioactive substances that exceed the standard. Some may only exceed the standard slightly, while others may contain high concentrations of radioactive substances that exceed the standard by more than a hundred times.
Professor Ryota Koyama from Fukushima University in Japan: If nuclear contaminated water is discharged, I believe there must be a problem.
Experts say that the Japanese scientific community and civil society have proposed various more reasonable solutions to the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company, but none of them have received attention.
Japanese chemical engineer Yasuro Kawai, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizen Committee: Concrete pits can be excavated underground and then mortar solidification operations can be carried out on nuclear contaminated water. Mortar placed in concrete pits will harden over time and no longer have fluidity. But it must not be placed in the ocean. After the mortar solidifies, the radioactivity will decay after hundreds or thousands of years, which is almost harmless. This is a very good idea.
In addition to the mortar solidification plan, the Atomic Power Citizen Committee has also proposed other plans to TEPCO, such as adding storage tanks and continuing to store nuclear contaminated water. But the Japanese government ignored the more feasible nuclear contaminated water treatment plan and chose the lowest cost and most harmful discharge plan, which is extremely irresponsible.
Japanese chemical engineer Yasuro Kawai, member of the Japan Atomic Energy Citizen Committee: The discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a pollution of the ocean, not only tritium, but also various nuclear substances will flow into the sea. If they flow into the sea, they will accumulate in fish or seaweed, posing a threat to human health.
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Japan stubbornly promotes the entry of nuclear weapons into the sea
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The Japanese government repeatedly entangles with the term "nuclear contaminated water", claiming that the water to be discharged is purified through a "multi nuclide treatment system", and even equates Fukushima nuclear contaminated water with the water discharged from normal operation of global nuclear power plants. In this regard, experts say that the Japanese government's attempt to "whitewash" nuclear contaminated water into the sea will not succeed.
Special commentator Su Xiaohui: Despite opposition from multiple parties, the Japanese government is still pushing for the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In this process, the Japanese government is constantly "washing away", but it is obvious that it has not achieved the expected results. The Japanese government had previously requested its media and social groups not to use the term "nuclear contaminated water" anymore, but to use "nuclear wastewater" and "treated water". This move is to divert attention, as "nuclear wastewater" and "treated water" are discharged under standard conditions after the normal operation of nuclear power plants, while "nuclear contaminated water" is the product of a nuclear accident, basically equivalent to nuclear waste.
According to the regulations of the United States and other relevant countries on the disposal of nuclear waste, nuclear waste cannot be discharged and can only be stored for a long time. The Japanese government's attempt to "whitewash" nuclear contaminated water into the sea is a rare achievement. The severity of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident is equivalent to that of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. There is no international practice for discharging nuclear contaminated water into the sea, and the Japanese government cannot listen to domestic and foreign opposition. It is extremely selfish and irresponsible to go further and further on the wrong path.
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