Nuclear tainted water a no-goEarly last month, Japan honoured the victims of a triple disaster in which over 20,000 people lost their lives. To retire the plant safely, Fukushima Daiichi's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) for years has pumped water into reactors to keep them cool. Although it is normal for nuclear plants across the world to discharge radioactive wastewater into oceans, Tepco's reputation is on shaky ground. While it is routinely released by "healthy" nuclear plants in low concentrations, there are no such assurances regarding tritium levels in the water at the Fukushima plant. So, even if the water is released safely, the area may suffer from irreversible reputational damage.

Source: Bangkok Post April 17, 2021 23:15 UTC