"Reconsidering Fukushima's Wastewater Ocean Dumping After System Failure"
Japan's government and Tepco, the owner of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, plan to pump 1.37 million tons of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. However, their track record with wastewater management is poor, with their filtration system, ALPS, being a failure. The ALPS system has not effectively removed radioactive materials, and documents show that 84% of the water at Fukushima contains concentrations of radioactive materials higher than legal limits. Tepco plans to re-filter the wastewater, but this process leaves behind highly radioactive sludge. Concerns have been raised about the lack of transparency and the potential health risks associated with the ocean dumping.
