-Galla S Kiran Kumar,Bureau Chief Telagana (Andhra Pradesh)
In the next 48 hours, Japan will start releasing the nuclear water stored in Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. China and South Korea are deeply concerned about this.
Internet Desk: The waste water accumulated in the Fukushima nuclear reactor damaged by the tsunami in Japan will start to be released into the Pacific Ocean in the next 48 hours. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida disclosed this on Tuesday. Japan’s decision is already strongly opposed by the surrounding countries. On the other hand, the UN supervisory body IAEA has already granted permission to this plan. Japan has 1.34 million tons of treated nuclear water. That is equivalent to 500 Olympic size swimming pools.
Japan has been storing this nuclear water since the reactor was damaged in the 2011 tsunami. But, now the place has reached a situation where it is not enough. With this, they will be purified in different stages and released into the water for the next 30 years. Officials have already asked the plant managers to be fully prepared for the release of water from August 24 if the water to be released and sea conditions are favorable. The Prime Minister of Japan visited this plant on Sunday. Speaking on this occasion, he stated that it is a situation where water should not be released. He said that to close this plant, water has to be released. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is said to be filtering this water and removing 60 types of radioactive materials. But experts suspect that tritium and carbon-14 elements are present in this water.
In 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 9 damaged the plant. This is the biggest nuclear accident since Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union. Immediately the authorities shifted around 1.50 lakh people to safe places. Recently, this release of water is causing serious concern in Asia-Pacific countries. Due to this water, many people are worried that the demand for the fisheries here will fall. Especially countries like China and South Korea are among the victims of this water. Beijing strongly criticized Japan for considering this sea as its personal sewer. People in South Korea are worried. These two countries have already imposed a ban on the import of fish caught from the waters near the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
