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Recently, the plan of "Japan to dump nuclear wastewater into the sea" has sparked global heated discussions. As of August 21, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant nuclear wastewater treatment plan was announced on August 24, according to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). Will start as soon as possible. Therefore, many parties opposed Japan's decision. However, on August 24, despite many resistances, the Japanese side insisted on dumping nuclear waste into the sea, and according to the plan, it will continue to dump for more than 30 years. In this regard, our party first strongly condemned this behavior and demanded that Japan stop its emission plan as soon as possible. But why is it that the whole world is against Japan's dumping of nuclear waste into the ocean, when they can dump it? Shouldn't there be some international regulation to stop this?
Actually, there is.
#Hot discussion on Japan's nuclear water pollution discharge into the sea#Here we have to talk about the London Dumping Convention and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The former clearly stipulates that any country is prohibited from dumping toxic and hazardous wastes into the sea. Waste is clearly a type of hazardous waste. The latter also imposes an obligation on member States not to cause pollution to other States and not to spread damage, danger and pollution. As a party to these two conventions, why can Japan ignore these two provisions? The answer may lie in some comments on nuclear wastewater.
What do the Japanese say? "We diluted and filtered the nuclear waste, removed most of the radioactive contaminants from the waste, and diluted the tritium concentration in the waste to 1/40th the standard proposed by the World Health Organization," he said.
1 drinking water standard / 7. "Here is short science. Elements such as tritium, carbon 14, and cobalt 60 in nuclear wastewater can not only kill cells, but also cause cell cancer or genetic mutations, leading to biological defects. It will affect global fish migration, distant-water fisheries and even human health. At the same time, in order to reassure everyone, he also said: "We do not process nuclear waste at one time, but in batches and process it for 30 years, so you don't have to worry, there will be no nuclear waste." "Any damage!"
In order to prove the credibility of this statement, the leaders of TEPCO actually swore when they came to inspect the Fukushima nuclear power plant that the nuclear wastewater would be drinkable after taking the oath.
Of course, this leader cannot drink diluted nuclear wastewater in the end! They probably say this to prove that the water they threw into the sea was not polluted. Since it is not a pollutant, it is not a break with convention. Overall, this is a bug. Despite the consequences and significant damage caused by nuclear waste disposal, it is very difficult to prove and prosecute. They may have every reason to prevaricate, even if it does cause damage to the ecosystem. Injury is not just a matter of compensation.
So why does Japan insist on dumping nuclear waste into the ocean? Isn't there a better way to deal with it? The answer is no!
In fact, it all stemmed from the huge tsunami triggered by the magnitude 9 earthquake in 2011, in which about 19,000 people were killed and more than 2,500 were missing.
Even more shocking was the hydrogen leak and explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which translates into the highest level of accidents. Later, in order to cool the reactor, Japan adopted a water cooling method, and the cooling water cooled to form nuclear wastewater. The heat continues, like a pile of firewood, burning outside, but the fire inside has not been extinguished. Therefore, it is cooled by water cooling, and a large amount of nuclear waste has accumulated for a long time. At present, the stock of nuclear wastewater produced by water cooling has exceeded 1.23 million tons.
In addition to discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea, there are actually several treatment methods, including evaporative treatment, discharge into the ground, electrolytic treatment, and burying nuclear wastewater in cement blocks.
However, the problem in this regard is that the cost of treatment is quite high, and these costs include the construction of vacant storage facilities, very high maintenance costs, large manpower, space resources, etc. In 2017, Japan's losses from nuclear disasters reached $6.4 trillion, and Japan's total GDP in 2020 was $5.1 trillion. So they ended up releasing a report saying that seawater was more feasible. Of course, 80 billion is ultimately used to solve problems, and I am afraid it is also used to deal with negative public opinion!
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