International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officers examine a touchdown of seafood sampled for inspection in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, October 19, 2023. /CFP
The third batch of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water to be launched throughout Japan’s third spherical of ocean discharge comprises radionuclides together with carbon-14, cobalt 60, strontium-90 and others, in keeping with pre-discharge take a look at outcomes launched by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
The nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant, after superior liquid processing system (ALPS) remedy, should enter the measurement and affirmation facility and await pre-discharge take a look at outcomes earlier than being discharged into the ocean.
The measurement and affirmation facility is break up into three teams of 10 tanks with every of the teams used on a rotating foundation as receiving tanks, measurement and affirmation tanks, and discharge tanks.
Despite mounting issues and opposition amongst native fishermen in addition to from different nations, TEPCO stated that preparations for the third spherical of ocean discharge will start after the second spherical of discharge is accomplished and related upkeep and affirmation operations are carried out.
South Korean environmental activists maintain fish dolls with radioactive indicators throughout a rally in opposition to the Japanese authorities’s plan to launch wastewater from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, August 24, 2023. /CFP
At current, the ten tanks in Group B have been emptied within the first spherical of discharge beginning on August 24. Meanwhile, the ten tanks in Group C have been confirmed to fulfill the discharge requirements on September 21, and the discharge began on October 5.
The sampling of the nuclear wastewater saved in Group A tanks for the third spherical of discharge was accomplished on July 10. The evaluation outcomes confirmed that they contained hint quantities of carbon-14, cobalt 60, strontium-90, iodine-129 and cesium-137, of which strontium-90 was not detected within the second spherical of discharge from October 5, in keeping with experiences launched on Thursday by TEPCO.
TEPCO claims that its ALPS facility, a multi-nuclide elimination system, can take away 62 radioactive substances besides tritium, but it surely was discovered that about 70 % of the water within the storage tanks contained non-tritium radionuclides at a focus exceeding the regulatory requirements relevant for discharge into the atmosphere.
(With enter from Xinhua)
Source: CGTN