Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced that he will quickly establish a policy for disposing of radioactive water stored at the site of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
At Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant Units 1-4, contaminated water continues to occur as rainwater and groundwater flow into the circulation cooling water that cools the molten nuclear fuel in the reactor that caused the explosion during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
As of the 20th of last month, the volume of 1,41 tanks is 1.22 million tons.
Tokyo Electric Power, a nuclear power plant operator, treats this polluted water, which generates 160 to 170 tons a day, through a nuclear material purification device, and stores it in a tank.
TEPCO announced that in the summer of 2022, a total of 1.37 million tons of storage tanks, including additional installations, will be filled with contaminated water that continues to increase.
For this reason, it has been argued that the disposal method and policy should be decided this summer when considering the preparation period.
In this regard, a so-called expert under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan expressed the opinion that ocean release is desirable in the final report compiled in February.
Accordingly, the method of discharging contaminated water off the Fukushima nuclear power plant is a promising situation.
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