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Discharge of Fukushima polluted water into the ocean could damage human DNA – Science – Apollo.lv – iTech

The organization issued such a statement after the media reported that the Japanese government was planning to dump polluted waters into Fukushima.

Although many scientists say the risk is very low, some environmentalists do not want to believe it. However, the government has not yet responded to their loud allegations.

For four years, Japan has been debating and debating what to do with the more than a million tons of water used to cool the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor that collapsed after a massive tsunami.

Groundwater and rainwater are also slowly accumulating where contaminated water is stored, so experts believe that it will be full by 2022.

The Japanese government claims that most of the radioactive isotopes have been removed from the water through a complex filtration process, although one isotope, tritium, may have remained in the water. Recently, the Japanese media reported that the government has decided to slowly dump polluted water into the sea after 2022, hoping that it will dilute and not be dangerous.

In its report, Greenpeace claims that the polluted water contains dangerous levels of carbon-14, which is a radioactive substance that can potentially damage human DNA. The organization has accused the Japanese government of misleading people by lying that the water contains only tritium.

Many scientists believe that this water will dilute really quickly in ocean water, and that tritium is not dangerous to human or animal health.

The nine-point earthquake in north-eastern Japan in March 2011 affected three of the six nuclear reactors. The earthquake caused a huge tsunami that damaged reactor cooling systems, making the disaster the second largest in history after Chernobyl.

About 18,500 people died or disappeared, while 160,000 people were left homeless. Billions of dollars have been paid in compensation. Last month, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government and the company that operates the nuclear reactor to pay another € 8 million.

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