The process of discharge of purified radioactive water from the Fukushima-1 emergency NPP will last about 30-40 years.
Fukushima-1 NPP in northeast Japan was injured as a result of an earthquake of magnitude 9, which occurred in March 2011. The Japanese authorities began to dump the water that accumulated at the nuclear power plant over the past years.
A power plant built on an area of about 348 hectares in the Fukushima Prefecture.
After the disaster, the government decided to evacuate more than 150 thousand people from a 30-kilometer zone around the nuclear power plant. Since then, most of the residential areas have remained devastated despite the abolition of a decision on evacuation.
Water discharge is carried out through an underwater tunnel 1 km from the station. Radioactive waters, the discharge of which began on August 24 at 13.00 local time, are dumped into the ocean through a tunnel 1 kilometer long.
In July 2023, the Magate reported that the Japanese plan for the discharge of accumulated radioactive waters in the sea complies with safety standards. However, researchers are concerned about this process.
According to researchers, the discharge of radioactive waters into the ocean will have a negative impact not only for Fukushima and its environs, but for the whole world.
According to the National Geographic magazine, as a result of one of the studies after the disaster, about 9 thousand kilometers from the coast of California, a radionuclide was discovered. It is assumed that these radionuclides were postponed with water from Fukushima.
On the other hand, about 6 months after the accident that occurred in 2011, at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, a blue tuna with radionuclide was discovered off the coast of San Diego.
Researchers are concerned that radionuclides from radioactive water discharges can spread throughout the world with currents and marine animals.