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Japan decides to dump treated Fukushima water, with low levels of radioactive tritium, into the ocean
Japan’s government has approved plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean.
Key points:
- The Japanese Government insists the water will be treated to remove all radioactive materials except for tritium
- The tritium wastewater is due to be released into the ocean over several decades starting in around two years
- Distrust of the site’s operator has fuelled skepticism amongst locals and the decision is likely to anger Japan’s neighbours like South Korea
Contaminated water is currently being kept in 1000 tanks sprawling across the facility, but the plant’s operator TEPCO said by the end of next year the tanks and the site would be full, with no…
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