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Japan withholds decision to release contaminated water from Fukushima
Last update 2020.10.24 15:12Article entry 2020.10.24 15:12
Minsaeng Party officials hold up placards in their hands at a press conference against the discharge of polluted water into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant held at the Peace Girl Statue in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Jongno -gu, Seoul on the 23rd. Photo = Yonhap News
On the 24th, Japanese media such as Asahi Shimbun and Nippon Geizai Shimbun reported the release of contaminated water accumulating at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at a Hiroshi Kajiyama press conference after the cabinet meeting on the 23rd, “Government policy on the 27th”. He said: “It is not a step that can convey the specific moment of the decision,” he said.
Japanese media, which had previously reported that the Japanese government decided to release contaminated water into the sea after holding a meeting of ministers to discuss measures against the decommissioning and contaminated water related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the 27th, said: It seems they are trying to decide the policy. “
According to Kyodo News, the Japanese government has received more than 4,000 opinions from the public (about the discharge into the sea of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant). Among them, around 2,700 cases were concerned about the safety of the contaminated water discharge, and 1,400 cases were also surveyed saying that “national consensus was not reached during the government decision-making process.”
Meanwhile, in Japan, it was found that about 70% of the contaminated water in the Fukushima nuclear power plant currently stored contains more than the standard value, including tritium, which cannot be removed with current technology. TEPCO has continued to propose the discharge of contaminated water offshore as a solution for the saturation of contaminated water storage tanks.
Consequently, the Japanese government is considering and presenting the only solution for the contaminated water, which had grown to 1.23 million tons in September, to be reprocessed to the Pacific Ocean through reprocessing.
Journalist Trainee Han-ah Na [email protected]
