Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for environmental issues, ecology and transport, Sergei Ivanov, said that there are no signs of an increase in the level of radioactive tritium in Russian waters after the release of water from the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan. . This was reported by RIA News.
The official made this statement on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
Before that Rospotrebnadzor reportedWater samples in Vladivostok after evacuation from Fukushima were stated to be normal.
A significant amount of water was used to cool the nuclear reactor of the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant after the accident in March 2011. The liquid is stored in thousands of tanks installed in nuclear power plants.
Water contaminated with radioactive isotopes passes through a “smart” purification system that Japan says removes most radionuclides other than tritium.
It is planned to periodically empty the tank capacity. This practice is expected to continue for another 30 years. The first water discharge from the nuclear power plant into the ocean was carried out on August 24, 2023.
Previously Russian NIS appeared He went on a journey to check the radioactivity of water discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.