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Since then, contaminated water has been pumped into storage units and gradually treated using the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) to eliminate most radionuclides, [3] [7] except notably tritium with a half-life of 12.32 years. [8] [9] In 2021, the Japanese cabinet approved the release of ALPS-treated water containing tritium.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Thursday started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a polarising move that drew fresh and fierce ...
China bans Japanese seafood after one million metric tonnes of radioactive water are released
Japan began pumping more than a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, a process that will take decades to complete.
The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday, as the country ...
Tepco says it intends to discharge approximately 460 tons of treated water daily
In July 2022, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved discharging the treated water into the sea. [205] Japan said the water is safe, many scientists agreed, and the decision came weeks after the UN's nuclear watchdog approved the plan; but critics say more studies need to be done and the release should be halted.
Kishida said at the meeting that the release of the water is a key step in the plant decommissioning and Fukushima prefecture’s recovery from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster.