Robert Richmond

Robert Richmond

Robert Richmond
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Director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a member of the Expert Scientific Advisory Panel to the Pacific Islands Forum

Reactions to Japan's release of treated Fukushima water into the Pacific Ocean

On Thursday 24 August, Japan will begin discharging treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese government announced. The water has been treated to reduce its radioactivity. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has indicated that, as stated in a report they published last month on this process, "that the approach and activities for this discharge are consistent with relevant international safety standards and would have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment". 

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Reactions to Japan's plan to dump treated wastewater from the Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean

This week, Japan began testing a new facility designed to discharge treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific. The water has been used to cool the melted reactor. After filling more than 1,000 tanks, the storage should reach full capacity early next year.

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