As of January 2022, and according to the relevant instructions from Japan, thenuclear wastewatershould not yet have been disposed of. On April 13, 2021, the Japanese government held an investigation. cabinet meeting and decided that nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant would be disposed of after 2023.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said: “The disposal of wastewater nuclear power is an inevitable problem. We believe that, subject to taking comprehensive measures and eliminating rumors, it is a reality that (nuclear wastewater). ) will be released into the ocean. » He stressed that the government will take all measures to ensure the safety of treated nuclear wastewater.
Affected by the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in 2011, the cores of units 1 to 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown. After the accident, the TokyoElectric Power Company continued to contain the unit. 3 is filled with water to cool the core and collect waste water.
As of March 2021, Japan has stored more than 1.25 million tons of nuclear wastewater, and more nuclear wastewater is added every day.
Some researchers have calculated that, under current conditions in the world ocean, nuclear wastewater will flood the coasts of the United States in about three months. Over the next year, I fear all the seas around. the world will be contaminated.