2023-06-05 12:03:43
Radioactive material-contaminated water stored in a tank at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. AP Yonhap News
Work has begun to pour seawater into an undersea tunnel to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Japan is nearing the end of preparations for the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. On the evening of the 5th, local media outlets in Fukushima reported that the excavation of an undersea tunnel from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to the sea had been completed, and seawater injection had begun. The construction of a 1km-long undersea tunnel on the coast where the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located is a key project for the discharge of contaminated water into the sea. The Japanese government thinks that if the contaminated water is discharged from a place slightly away from the coast through an undersea tunnel, it will dilute tritium, a radioactive substance, more easily and reduce damage to fishermen due to concerns regarding contamination of marine products. By filling the inside of the tunnel with seawater and connecting the tunnel and the sea, preparations for releasing contaminated water are largely completed. Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, plans to complete the undersea tunnel construction by the end of this month. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recently completed its last on-site investigation into the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and is expected to release its final report this month. There is a possibility that Japan, which has expressed its intention to release contaminated water into the sea this spring and summer, will go ahead with the release of contaminated water following the International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report is released. Reporter Cho Ki-won garden@hani.co.kr
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