March 11 this year marks the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.
And 12 years after the nuclear leak, Japan has been insisting on discharging the nuclear sewage from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, and has even completed the construction of the drainage facilities, and will confirm the start of the discharge into the sea. year.
Of course, at the moment, there are a large number of objections and doubts from the whole world and even local people in Japan.
To dispel everyone’s concerns, Japan has previously conducted fish farming experiments, using nuclear treatment to maintain the tritium content of radioactive substances in water at a certain concentration for breeding flatfish and observing its growth.
In order to “prove that Fukushima’s nuclear sewage is not harmful to health” to gain the support of the local people,Tepco demonstrated an experiment of raising a flounder with treated nuclear sewage, and opened a live broadcast on the video website youtube.
As a result, Korean netizens left a quick message saying: “Keep it for yourself to eat.”
According to reports, Kazuo Yamanaka, who was in charge of the experiment, said: “Fish raised in alpine treated water … did ingest tritium to some extent. But when transferred to normal seawater, tritium levels in fish is very low. It will go down soon.”
However, local fishermen and environmental groups aren’t buying it, saying their businesses and livelihoods will be further threatened.
It is understood that the Fukushima nuclear power plant’s storage tank can hold 1.3 million tonnes of water, equivalent to around 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Tepco official Takahara Kenichi said: “We do not plan to release all the water at one time. The 1.3 million tons of water treated with alpine technology will release up to 500 tons per day.”
“It will take 30 to 40 years, which is how long it takes to decommission this plant.”
