China News Network, March 3 According to a report by Kyodo News a few days ago, some related equipment for the discharge of nuclear sewage from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea began operation on the 19th after passing the inspection of the Japan Atomic Energy Regulation Commission. According to the report, this is the first time that equipment related to nuclear sewage discharge into the sea has begun to operate.
According to reports, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on the 16th that the sea discharge equipment for nuclear sewage (containing radioactive tritium) at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has completed construction and passed inspections, and from the 17th, the nuclear power plant officially started equipment operation, and it is expected to take about two months to promote the determination of nuclear contaminated water.
The picture shows the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
According to the report, the equipment contains 10 storage tanks connected by pipelines for a total of 3 groups, after injecting the nuclear sewage to be treated, by stirring 9000,6 tons of nuclear sewage, the concentration of radioactive substances in the water is uniform, and after more than <> days of circulation, it can be confirmed whether radioactive materials other than tritium do not exceed the standard value.
The person in charge of TEPCO said, "We will start recycling and analyzing the nuclear wastewater that is actually discharged first. "The analysis is expected to take about two months.
The Japanese government and TEPCO said earlier that they expect to start discharging nuclear wastewater around the spring and summer of this year. However, because the radioactive element tritium cannot be purified, undersea tunnels for discharge and equipment for diluting nuclear sewage with seawater are still under construction. Some of the equipment that has been completed is being inspected by the atomic energy regulatory authorities, and about 230% of the about 6 pieces of equipment have been qualified.
According to Fukushima CCTV, the contaminated water will be stored in a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant before being discharged.
Data map: Japanese people protest the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea outside the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 2021, 4.
The 2011 March 3 earthquake caused the core meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant operated by TEPCO, the leakage of radioactive materials, the continuous core cooling operation, and the inflow of rainwater and groundwater into the reactor facility, resulting in a large amount of contaminated water. About 11.132 million tons of contaminated water have been stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and is growing.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on the 14th that the Japanese government insists on forcibly promoting the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea in an attempt to transfer the risk of nuclear pollution to all mankind, "This is by no means a responsible national act, and it is also contrary to Japan's international obligations."