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Fukushima Nuclear Accident

April 21 , 2021 1307 days 923 0
  • The Japanese Government recently approved a plan to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
  • According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the release of the water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is similar to disposing wastewater from nuclear plants elsewhere in the world.
  • Japan has planned to filter the contaminated water leaving only tritium.
  • Tritium is less harmful as compared to other radioactive wastes.
  • It does not emit enough energy to penetrate human skin.
  • In 2011, there occurred a nuclear disaster in the plant due an earthquake and tsunami.
  • It was the most severe nuclear accident that was classified as Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

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