Japan’s nuclear regulator has largely authorized a plan to launch handled water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant into the ocean.
The plant suffered triple meltdowns within the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe. Water is used to chill molten nuclear gas. It mixes with rain and groundwater that flows into broken reactor buildings.
The water is handled to take away many of the radioactive supplies, however nonetheless accommodates radioactive tritium.
The Japanese authorities plans to dilute handled water that continues to build up on the plant to ranges beneath nationwide rules and begin releasing it from round spring 2023.
福島第一原発の処理水を薄めて海に放出する設備の設計などを審査している、原子力規制委員会の審査会合は、設計と運用の安全性などについて大筋で了承しました。
東京電力は、規制委員会に対し、福島第一原発で発生した処理水を薄めて海底トンネルを通じて、原発の沖約1キロの地点に放出する計画を示しました。
そして、処理水を海水で十分に薄めること、緊急時には放出を止められる設備を設置することなども盛り込みました。 – ANNnewsCH
東京電力は、規制委員会に対し、福島第一原発で発生した処理水を薄めて海底トンネルを通じて、原発の沖約1キロの地点に放出する計画を示しました。
そして、処理水を海水で十分に薄めること、緊急時には放出を止められる設備を設置することなども盛り込みました。 – ANNnewsCH
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