Removing Fukushima's melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant's wastewater

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OKUMA, Japan: At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on. A graph on a computer monitor nearby shows a steady decrease of water levels as treated radioactive wastewater is diluted and released into the Pacific Ocean.

In the coastal area of the plant, two seawater pumps are in action, gushing torrents of seawater through sky blue pipes into the big header where the treated water, which comes down through a much thinner black pipe from the hilltop tanks, is diluted hundreds of times before the release.

say releasing the water is an unavoidable step in the decommissioning of the plant.In this image made from video, South Korean lawmakers from left, Kang Eun-mi, Woo Wonshik and Yang Jung-suk, hold placards which reads 'Withdraw the discharge of the wastewater from Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean' during a protest in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.

executive Junichi Matsumoto, who is in charge of the treated water release. The water will be released over 30 years, but as long as melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water under the current prospect.About 880 tons of radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the reactors.

 

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