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Japan prepares for release of radioactive tritium from Fukushima into the ocean
Concern is mounting in Japan over the planned release of radioactive tritium from Fukushima’s damaged nuclear power plant into the ocean.
The substance is both challenging and costly to remove from the 300 tonnes of contaminated water generated daily at the plant in order to cool its melted down reactors.
Since the plant was incapacitated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, more than 1,000 large tanks have been filled with discarded cooling water, which has been cleansed of caesium and strontium but not of tritium.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), operators of the plant, is expected to start releasing the water, containing tritium, into the Pacific Ocean later this year, pending a final political decision, according to AP …. http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2016/04/japan-prepares-for-release-of.html
