TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlled Release of Radioactive Water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
T2 - Should We Be Concerned?
AU - Ferreira, Maria F.
AU - Turner, Andrew
AU - Jha, Awadhesh N.
PY - 2024/3/19
Y1 - 2024/3/19
N2 - Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, the decision to release more than 1 million tons of radioactive water into the ocean by the Japanese government, with approval from the IAEA, has divided public and scientific opinion. The discharge began on August 24, 2023, with the premise that, after removal of long-lived radionuclides (i.e., 137Cs and 90Sr), tritium (3H), the primary remaining radionuclide as tritiated water (HTO), will be sufficiently and safely diluted over a 30-year period. (1) Concerns, however, relate to (a) the safety of seafood and its consumers and (b) potential long-term consequences on human and environmental health.
AB - Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, the decision to release more than 1 million tons of radioactive water into the ocean by the Japanese government, with approval from the IAEA, has divided public and scientific opinion. The discharge began on August 24, 2023, with the premise that, after removal of long-lived radionuclides (i.e., 137Cs and 90Sr), tritium (3H), the primary remaining radionuclide as tritiated water (HTO), will be sufficiently and safely diluted over a 30-year period. (1) Concerns, however, relate to (a) the safety of seafood and its consumers and (b) potential long-term consequences on human and environmental health.
KW - tritium (H)
KW - Fukushima Daiichi
KW - environmental impact
KW - human health
KW - radioactive water
KW - Water Pollutants, Radioactive
KW - Fukushima Nuclear Accident
KW - Japan
KW - Cesium Radioisotopes/analysis
KW - Nuclear Power Plants
KW - Delayed-Action Preparations
KW - Radiation Monitoring
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UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/context/bms-research/article/2812/viewcontent/ferreira_et_al_2024_controlled_release_of_radioactive_water_from_the_fukushima_daiichi_nuclear_power_plant_should_we_be.pdf
U2 - 10.1021/acs.est.3c08702
DO - 10.1021/acs.est.3c08702
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 38453167
AN - SCOPUS:85187410131
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 58
SP - 4840
EP - 4843
JO - Environmental Science and Technology
JF - Environmental Science and Technology
IS - 11
ER -