Source: Overseas Network
Image Source: Japanese media
Overseas Network November 8th Recently, a large number of pumice stones appeared on coasts such as Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, which had a significant impact on people's lives. Japanese public opinion is even more worried that these pumice stones may affect the normal operation of nuclear power plants.
According to the Japanese Fuji TV website on the 8th, on the Tokai Island of Okinawa, Japan, a large number of pumice stones have filled the nearby coast. In addition, similar abnormal situations occurred near Hijiedao in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Looking around, the entire sea area turned gray.
According to Masato Oyama, a professor of volcanic science at Shizuoka University in Japan, due to the eruption of the undersea volcanic volcano in the Ogasawara Islands, hundreds of millions of tons of magma cooled down sharply, solidified to form these pumice stones, and drifted to the southwestern Japanese islands 1,000 kilometers away with the water.
Affected by pumice stone, Okinawa's fishing and tourism industries have been seriously damaged. In addition, the patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard was also forced to stop sailing because it was trapped on the sea by pumice stones. Japanese public opinion is even more worried that pumice stone will have an impact on the cooling water facilities of nuclear power plants. Akira Ishi Dowasaki, a member of the Japan Atomic Energy Regulation Committee, pointed out that if pumice stone drifts near a nuclear power plant, it may be adsorbed by some facilities and affect its normal operation, especially the Kawanai Nuclear Power Plant and the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, so it is necessary to respond well.
Data from Japanese research institutes show that these pumice stones are expected to float along the coast of Japan's Kanto region in late November. Xiaoshan Zhenren pointed out that the pumice stones floating on the sea will sink one day, but due to too many, the specific sinking time is still unknown. (Overseas Network Wu Qian)
