Author: Fu Zhuhui
Due to limited space in nuclear sewage storage tanks, Japanese authorities are preparing to pour diluted nuclear wastewater into the sea next spring, causing controversy. (Reuters)
Japanese government plans to pour the water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean next year, but its "safety" issue is still controversial at home. According to reports, the "safety" leaflets planned to be issued to students by Japanese authorities have attracted criticism, and people in the education industry believe that it will "mislead people's children" and demand a withdrawal.
On March 11, 2011, a strong earthquake occurred in East Japan and triggered a tsunami, causing the nuclear reactor meltdown at the first nuclear power plant of Fukushima . This is the worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine in 1986. Over the past 11 years, TD Power has produced a large amount of radiation sewage during the process of processing the nuclear reactor of the nuclear power plant. Due to limited storage space, it is estimated to be filled this year, and authorities are preparing to pour diluted nuclear wastewater into the sea next spring.
Hotel 0Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant located in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, where boxes containing irradiated waste are placed. (AFP)
Japanese official leaflets use "treated water" to describe "radiated sewage", emphasizing that these waters have been treated and most of the radioactive substances have been removed. In order to promote the safety of radiation water, the authorities also used schools as a platform for indoctrination of safety. In December last year, 2.7 million leaflets were printed to primary and secondary school and high school students across the country. The content of senior students was also presented with auxiliary textbooks about radiation.
reported that the famous fishing township adjacent to Fukushima, Miyagi Prefecture, opposed the government's desire to pour radiation water into the ocean, and the local area was also strongly dissatisfied with the indoctrination of "absolute safety of radiation water" in students.
Regarding this report, the radiation water safety leaflet compiled by the Japanese economic and industrial department and launched by the disaster-stricken area rehabilitation department. The content of the radiation water blindly emphasizes safety when talking about radiation water. For example, the content for elementary school students says: "It has safe conditions, and humans will not experience any health problems when eating and drinking these water." "
For junior and high school students with a little knowledge of this, the leaflet explains in their leaflet that "the processed water contains the radioactive material tritium, there is no need to worry about its impact on health." It also believes that "the radioactive material tritium has already flowed into the sea", emphasizing that Japan will not be the first country to pour this radioactive material into the sea.
official advocates "safety theory" has also caused ripples in the political circle
official advocates "safety theory" has also caused ripples in the political circle official advocates "safety theory" has also caused ripples in the political circle. Local councils and people in the education circle have requested the retrieval of leaflets. The principal of a primary school in Miyagi Prefecture said: "The safety of discharged treated water has not yet been concluded. The government has unilaterally instilled the knowledge of "safety" into children. As an educator, I absolutely cannot accept it. ” In April last year, Japanese protesters held slogans outside the Tokyo Prime Minister’s Office, opposing the authorities’ release of water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to the sea. (AFP)
sewage discharge plan for Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, and international environmentalists also have a loud voice. A report from Japan quoted the latest report from the environmental protection organization Greenpeace, pointing out that once the radioactive substances contained in the wastewater contaminated by nuclear will be discharged into the sea, it will damage human genetic factor .
