2023-08-22 19:59:16
By Marc Cherki
Posted 1 hour ago, Updated 1 hour ago
An aerial view dated January 20, 2023 showing the storage tanks used to store treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. PHILIP FONG / AFP
DECRYPTION – The Japanese government is beginning a process that is expected to last at least three decades.
As of Thursday, August 24, the weakly radioactive water from the cooling of the damaged reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will begin to be discharged into the Sea of Japan and, consequently, into the Pacific Ocean. An operation that should last decades. « Compared to the estimated amount of water that contains tritium (a radioactive isotope of hydrogen)the sea discharge process would take 30 to 40 years, depending on Japan’s self-imposed discharge rule which was set for the Daiichi plant before the accident »says Jean-Christophe Gariel, director of the health and environment center at IRSN (Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety).
This decision was announced Monday by the Japanese government, after having obtained the approval of its nuclear regulatory authority and especially the approval of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) at the beginning of the summer. On the occasion of the presentation of the report of 130…
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