Korean professor: Japan prepares to drain overflowing reservoirs of the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, calling it "purified"
On April 13, the Japanese government announced plans to drain wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean for 30 years. The enterprise has about a thousand reservoirs that can hold up to 1,37 million tons of polluted water.
Chol Hee Pak, professor at Seoul National University, writes about this in an article for the Australian edition of the East Asia Forum.
The Korean professor notes that 1,25 million tons of water is currently in storage, which is 90 percent of the total reservoir volume. The tanks are expected to be fully filled by 2022. This prompted the Japanese government to start disposing of radioactive waste at sea from 2023.
The United States and, surprisingly, the IAEA welcomed Tokyo's decision, claiming it was in line with international standards. On the other hand, China and South Korea are alarmed that Japan is preparing to dump water from the overflowing reservoirs of the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, calling it "purified." Japanese fishermen are also unhappy with these plans.
In Tokyo, it was explained that before draining, they will completely purify and dilute the wastewater until the pollution level drops to a maximum of one hundredth of the original.
The disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant began in March 2011 as a result of a strong earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. The accident was assigned the highest 7th level on the International Scale of Nuclear Events.
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