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TEPCO to build undersea tunnel to release Fukushima water offshore via The Mainichi

[…] While the level of the radioactive substance tritium that remains in the treated water will be diluted to below regulatory standards, the decision to release it offshore into the Pacific is aimed at preventing reputational damage to local marine … Continue reading

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Uproar Over Japan’s Decision to Disperse Radioactive Fukushima Waste Water via Counterpunch

By John LaForge Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet on April 13 “gave permission” to Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to release over 1.25 million metric tons (1.38 million US tons) of Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Harsh … Continue reading

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Even with water release, nuclear plant needs more storage tanks via Asahi Shimbun

[…] The maximum rate of water discharge allowed under the government’s basic plan would be less than the inflow of rainwater and groundwater at the nuclear power plant, meaning that additional water storage tanks would inevitably be needed at the … Continue reading

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Wastewater case a test of global nuclear governance via China Daily Global

By Wah Tao | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-15 00:00 While Japan is adding a new invisible scar to nature and its own probity by blatantly deciding to release nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, the rare voices of … Continue reading

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Landside tritium leakage over through years from Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and relationship between countermeasures and contaminated water via Nature: Scientific Reports

Katsumi Shozugawa, Mayumi Hori, Thomas. E. Johnson, Naoto Takahata, Yuji Sano, Norbert Kavasi, Sarata K. Sahoo & Motoyuki Matsuo  Abstract There has been tritium groundwater leakage to the land side of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants since 2013. Groundwater was continuously collected from the end of 2013 to … Continue reading

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‘Brutal Truth’: Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Threatens Life Worldwide, Warns Environmental Journo via Sputnik

by Mohamed Elmaazi Sputnik: The Japanese government appears to have decided that they are going to dump radioactive waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Haven’t they already been doing this since the 2011 nuclear accident? Robert Hunziker: Since … Continue reading

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Japan faces another Fukushima disaster crisis via climate news network

November 3rd, 2020, by Paul Brown […] The water, contained in a thousand giant tanks, has been steadily accumulating since the nuclear accident in 2011. It has been used to cool the three reactors that suffered a meltdown as a result … Continue reading

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Japan PM says plan to release Fukushima water coming soon via ABC News

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press […] “We cannot put off our decision forever without making a plan,” Suga told a parliamentary session Wednesday, saying the plant is running out of storage space. “Based on discussions and expertise we’ve had, we will … Continue reading

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Statement regarding the oceanic dumping of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant via Stop Polluting the Sea! Citizens Action Group

Statement regarding the oceanic dumping of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant August 27, 2020   Life started in the oceans, evolving over unimaginable timescales.  Everything alive on Earth today can be traced back to its origins … Continue reading

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NFLA alarmed by the planned dumping of over 1 million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean – the Japanese Government needs to urgently reconsider this strategy via Nuclear Free Local Authorities (Councils Working for a Renewable, Safe, and Peaceful Future)

19th October 2020 […] The NFLA has asked independent marine radioactivity consultant Tim Deere-Jones for his analysis on this proposed decision, given his extensive analysis on the marine issues around the Fukushima disaster. (2) It also draws on the expert … Continue reading

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