Tag Archives: tritium

The Hazards of Tritium via ianfairlie.org

Posted on 2020/03/17 by nfield

March 13, 2020 Summary Nuclear facilities emit very large amounts of tritium, 3H, the radioactive isotope of hydrogen.  Much evidence from cell/animal studies and radiation biology theory indicates that tritium is more hazardous than gamma rays and most X-rays. However the … Continue reading →

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Releasing radioactive water would further damage Fukushima’s reputation via the Japan Times

Posted on 2020/02/25 by nfield

By Yuhei Sato Releasing the treated radioactive water stored at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant risks further damage to the disaster-hit prefecture’s reputation and negates the nine-year effort to dispel negative perceptions about local agricultural produce, fisheries and tourism. … Continue reading →

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When tritium is your beverage of choice via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2019/08/14 by nfield

Welcome to France By Linda Pentz Gunter The headline — Police probe opened into rumours of unsafe tap water in Paris — raised hopes that nuclear operators might finally be held accountable for what appears to be routine radioactive contamination of drinking … Continue reading →

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80% of ‘purified’ Fukushima plant water exceeds radiation limits via The Japan News

Posted on 2018/09/30 by nfield

Jiji PressTOKYO (Jiji Press) — About 80 percent of water stored at the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station after purification work still contains radioactive materials above the environmental standards, officials at the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company … Continue reading →

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Japan tries to dilute tritium danger via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2018/09/14 by nfield

More than one million tonnes of radioactively contaminated water has already accumulated at the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site, stored in steel tanks and increasing in volume daily — by some accounts one new tank is added every … Continue reading →

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Tritiated water and the proposed discharges of tritiated water stored at the Fukushima accident site via Tim Deere-Jones

Posted on 2018/09/02 by nfield

Briefing paper: July 2018 Tim Deere-Jones (Marine Radioactivity Research & Consultancy: Wales: UK) The problem of accumulating tritiated water at the Fukushima site continues to grow, as cooling waters are still being continuously applied at the site. There is increased pressure … Continue reading →

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ALPS system at Fukushima No. 1 plant failing to remove more than tritium from toxic cooling water via the Japan Times

Posted on 2018/08/19 by nfield

[…] The government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. are under pressure to dispose the treated water, which is accumulating in hundreds of tanks on the premises. One option is to dump it into the sea, as tritium, a … Continue reading →

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A Resolution Against the Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Tritium-contaminated Waste Water From the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant via Members of the Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned about Internal Radiation Exposures (ACSIR)

Posted on 2018/08/17 by nfield

July,2018 A Resolution Against the Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Tritium-contaminated Waste Water From the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant   Members of the Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned about Internal Radiation Exposures (ACSIR) and citizens and scientists who are concerned … Continue reading →

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About that tritiated water: Who will decide and when? via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/06/05 by nfield

Virtually every news story about the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant acknowledges the tremendous ongoing problem of contaminated water that is accumulating in approximately 850 large tanks on-site. There are about 850,000 tons of water in the tanks at … Continue reading →

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Storage capacity of radioactive water at Fukushima power plant nears limit via STL Today

Posted on 2018/05/20 by nfield

The number of storage tanks for contaminated water and other materials has continuously increased at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan, and space for still more tanks is approaching the limit. Behind … Continue reading →

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