Japan Releases Plan On Nuclear Contaminated Water

Japan Releases Plan On Nuclear Contaminated Water

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference on Monday that the country will not change its plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water in the summer, local media outlet Jiji Press reported.

The water processed by radioactive water has built up at the plant since the 2011 tsunami destroyed electricity and cooling systems at the power station, triggering the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

Some were used to cool the three damaged reactors, while the rest is from rain that has fallen onto the contaminated site and groundwater.

An extensive pumping and filtration system known as ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) ensures the melted uranium fuel rods remain cool and extracts tonnes of newly contaminated water every day, filtering out most of the radioactive elements.