The authorities of Japan They announced this Monday that from 2026 they will stop offering accommodations temporary shelters for people still evacuated from areas near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Instead of these temporary shelters, where around 1,000 people are still living who cannot return home, Fukushima Prefecture will launch a programme to […]
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Safe tritium levels confirmed in Fukushima waters despite the spill
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published the results of its first analysis of radioactive isotopes in the area of the Pacific Ocean where treated water from Fukushima and confirmed safe levels of tritium. What represents the first independent sampling and analysis of waters in the area indicates that “the levels of tritium “They […]
Japan: Radiation level of water next to Fukushima remains unchanged
levels of water radiation around the rugged center of fukushima remain unchanged after water from the plant began to be released into the Pacific on Thursday, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment said in a statement today. The concentrations of tritium – a radioactive material that cannot be removed by the system that purifies the […]
Japan: Fish caught in Fukushima do not register contamination
The first samples of fish caught next to the damaged nuclear power plant of fukushima After this week the treated water from the plant began to be discharged into the sea, they have not shown detectable amounts of tritium, as reported today by the Government of Japan. The fish samples were captured on Friday five […]
Japan: PM to visit Fukushima before deciding to release sewage
The first Minister Japanese Fumio Kishida said that he will visit the nuclear plant in fukushimadestroyed by a tsunami, on Sunday before deciding the date to release the radioactive wastewater as his government tries to win buy-in for its controversial plan at home and abroad. “The government has reached the final stage where we must […]
IAEA chief visits Seoul amid protests over Fukushima treated water spills
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met on Saturday with the South Korean Foreign Minister in seoulwhere hundreds of protesters denounced that Japan authorized the discharge of treated water from the fukushima. Rafael Grossi He arrived in the South Korean capital on Friday after a trip to Japan during which his agency […]
Why would Japan dump Fukushima wastewater into the sea and what would be its impact?
Japan today received the final approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to dump into the Pacific water contaminated with radiation and purified from the Fukushima, a measure considered key to the dismantling of the plant but which comes surrounded by controversy and questions. Why is polluted water going to be dumped into the […]
Five keys to the controversial Fukushima spill into the sea scheduled for this year
The government of Japan approved this Friday a revised plan to pour in the coming months to the Peaceful the contaminated and treated water that accumulates in the rugged power plant of fukushimaa measure that continues to be surrounded by controversy despite the fact that the Japanese authorities defend that it does not represent any […]