Water samples after Fukushima spill are within safe limits

Samples taken after the discharge of wastewater from the Japanese nuclear reactor in fukushima al mar presented levels of radioactivity well below safety limits, the plant operator announced this Friday.

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“We have confirmed that the analyzed value is equal to the calculated concentration and that the analyzed value is below 1,500 Bq/L” (becquerels per liter, a measure of radioactivity), said the spokesman for TEPCO, Keisuke Matsuo, one day after the start of the spill. The national safety standard is 60,000 bq/l.

Japanese authorities began dumping into the ocean on Thursday Peaceful of around more than one million tons of purified water from the fukushimawhich was devastated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami from 2011.

The discharge of the water, which is equivalent to about 540 Olympic swimming pools, is an important step to dismantle the plant, still very dangerous twelve years after one of the worst nuclear accidents in history.

He International Atomic Energy Agency of the UN (IAEA) gave the go-ahead to the plan and is supervising the dumping process, which in his opinion conforms to “international safety standards”.

But the project generated a wave of concern and warnings in neighboring countries — China leading the way — and in the fisheries sector.

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“We will continue to analyze”

The results were “similar to our previous simulation and [estuvieron] far enough below” of the security limit, detailed Matsuo.

“We will continue to test every day for the next month and beyond“, he pointed. The dumping of wastewater into the sea It will last for decades, the Japanese authorities had reported.

The Japanese Minister of the Environment, Akihiro Nishimuranoted that new samples had been taken in 11 different places on Friday and that the results would come out on Sunday.

The operator’s spokesperson TEPCO He trusts that offering “quick and easy-to-understand explanations” will help to dispel “various concerns”.

The Japan Fisheries Agency also removed two fish early Friday from designated sampling points near the pipeline that released water from fukushima.

“By publishing this data daily in a very transparent way, we will demonstrate that our actions are based on scientific evidence.”, added the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Yasutoshi Nishimuraresponsible for nuclear policies.

The operator TEPCO ensures that the water, which served to cool the remains of three reactors, does not present any danger, since it has been filtered and freed from all radioactive elements, with the exception of tritium.

“The experts of IAEA they are on the ground to (…) ensure that the dumping is carried out as planned and in a manner consistent with safety regulations” of the nuclear agency, declared the head of the nuclear agency UN, Rafael Grossiit’s a statement.

Most analysts agree, although the environmental NGO Greenpeace has claimed that the leaking process, known as ALPSit doesn’t work and a huge amount of radioactivity will be released into the ocean.

The announcement of the Japanese Executive unleashed the anger of Chinawho believes the project will pollute the ocean.

Beijing decided to suspend all its imports of seafood products from 10 prefectures of Japan and rated the plan tokyo of “extremely selfish and irresponsible.”

Solomon Islandsally of China in it Peacefulalso spoke out on Friday against the spill.

And in South Koreathe initiative sparked protests and concern among the citizenry, although the government backed the Tokyo plan.

Source: Elcomercio

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