Japan’s plan to discharge water from its tsunami-wrecked Fukushima power plant has drawn mixed reactions around the world. Who your friends are is crucial to driving nuclear power policy, says S Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ Alvin Chew.
- enough to fill more than 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools - from the crippled plant into the Pacific Ocean.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company treats contaminated water using the Advanced Liquid Processing System , reported to be effective in removing almost all radioactive substances to acceptable safety levels.One exception is the tritium isotope, but there is no known technology to separate low concentration of tritium from water as both have similar properties. If there were, Japan would not be dumping it into the sea.
Japan also considered an alternative release method, which is evaporating it into the atmosphere, but that option was deemed to be more pollutive as radioactive substances could settle on territorial lands. Japan will not want to store the wastewater indefinitely. Another contributing factor is TEPCO’s lack of transparency regarding the management of the Fukushima wastewater.
The United States has expressed support for Japan’s water discharge plan, partly due to the fact that all six reactors of the Daiichi plant were designed by General Electric, a US company.
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