Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water will be discharged into the sea next spring. It has been approved for implementation: the detection of marine organisms is seriously exceeding the standard.

according toXinmin WeeklyAccording to the report, on the morning of July 22, local time, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission of Japan officially approved the nuclear-contaminated water discharge plan of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This means that TEPCO’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea in the spring of next year can be implemented as long as it is approved by the local government of Fukushima Prefecture!

The above-mentioned committee confirmed the draft “review letter” of the emission plan in May, saying that the content was “no problem”, and then entered the public consultation period. The committee discussed more than 1,200 opinions collected on July 22, and believed that TEPCO’s response was “appropriate” and approved the nuclear sewage discharge plan.

In fact, before this approval process was completed, TEPCO had already started the construction of the subsea tunnel drainage pipeline at the end of April this year. On July 17, TEPCO announced that the drainage pipeline has been basically completed.

The nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has now accumulated to 1.37 million tons. If the nuclear-contaminated water is discharged into the sea, it will definitely cause serious pollution to the entire Pacific Ocean environment, the marine biological resources will be devastated, and the health of the people in the Asia-Pacific region will suffer. Serious impact.

This kind of harm is not just predicted, but confirmed. For example, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on February 8, 2022 that a marine fish called “Xu’s flat scorpionfish” caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, was again detected with a serious radiation exposure.

The test results showed that the radioactive cesium activity in this fish reached 1,400 becquerels per kilogram, far exceeding the Japanese food hygiene standard of 100 becquerels per kilogram. In fact, the “Xu’s flat scorpionfish” caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture had excessive radioactive substances in February and April last year, and was temporarily suspended for sale. But in December last year, the restrictions on the suspension of sales were lifted. This time, the Japanese government instructed Fukushima Prefecture to suspend the sale of this marine fish.

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