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164: Japan is about to release 1.3 million tons of Fukushima wastewater. Should we be concerned?

Deep Dive from The Japan Times

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The TEPCO Water Discharge Plan

There will be no more room to store this contaminated water, at least not on the site of the nuclear power plant. TEPCO is using a filtering system that partially removes 62 radio nuclides. The government's solution is to dilute the water and then release it into the Pacific Ocean. But there are risks involved in something called organically bound tritium.

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