Greenpeace reaction to the decision made in Japan

The water used in the cooling works of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, where the 7th level nuclear accident occurred and the reactors began to melt down with the tsunami experienced after the great earthquake in Japan in 2011, has been stored at the power station. campus for about 12 years.

It has been announced that the process of discharging the water, which is said to contain radioactive material, will begin on Thursday, but which Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emphasize will be cleaned up.

Japan and the IAEA, which approved the discharge plan, claimed the water was clean and the radiological impact on humans and the environment would not be dangerous if it were released into the ocean.

1 MILLION 343 THOUSAND METERS OF WATER WILL BE DISCHARGED

According to data from Tepco, which operates the plant, it was noted that as of August 3, the stored cooling water reached 98 percent of the total storage capacity.

Greenpeace made a statement today about the release of 1 million 343 thousand cubic meters of water, said to be cleaned by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), into the ocean, and included the words of the Greenpeace Project Manager Tokyo, Hisayo Takada.

“We are deeply disappointed and outraged by the Japanese government’s announcement that it will release water containing radioactive materials into the ocean. “This decision was made despite concerns expressed by fishermen, citizens, Fukushima residents and the international community, particularly the Pacific region and neighboring countries.”

Greenpeace said in its statement: “Scientists cautioned that the radiological risks of the discharges have not been fully assessed and the biological effects of the tritium, carbon-14, strontium-90 and iodine-129 that will be released in the discharges have been ignored.”

CHERNOBYL AND FUKUSHIMA

According to IAEA standards, the risk level of a nuclear accident is classified at 7 as the highest.

According to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), there have been 7 nuclear accidents twice in the world. One of them is the Chernobyl accident and the other is the Fukushima accident. After the damage in Fukushima after the tsunami, nuclear meltdown began in 3 of the nuclear reactors.