Japan has begun dumping the first batch of radiation-free water at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. It has been reported TASS Regarding Tokio Electric Power (TEPCO).
It was noted that the work began in accordance with the plan, and the weather conditions in the Fukushima prefecture allowed the work. The irradiated water is sufficiently diluted with seawater, so the tritium content in it will be significantly less than the permissible norm.
According to TEPCO, 460 tons of water will be discharged per day from 1 kilometer offshore through a specially constructed underwater tunnel, and each ton will be pre-diluted with 1.2 thousand tons of clean sea water.
It is assumed that it will take 17 days in the first phase and during this time 7.8 thousand tons of water will be poured into the ocean.
Prior to that, Maxim Budyansky, Ph.D. aforementionedThat water from the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant will not enter the sea zones of the Far East.
Former nuclear energy expert judicial The release of water from Fukushima-1 is the most dangerous ocean pollution experiment.