Japan’s nuclear regulator approved plans by the operator of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant to release treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the environmental hazards are negligible. The plan was submitted in December by Tokyo Electric Power Company(TEPCO), based o...
The water will first be diluted to reduce the concentration of radioactive material 40 times, according to some of the reports. The release is scheduled to begin in 2022 when the tanks currently storing the water will be full up, although the government has yet to make the of...
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Thousands of tonnes of radioactive water are being stored in temporary tanks at the site, 220 kilometres (135 miles) north of the Japanese capital, much of it having been used to cool molten reactors wrecked by the tsunami of March 2011. The discovery of leaks from some of these tanks or...
Radioactive elements present in the Martian grains will be able to date the time these grains formed on the surface of Mars. This provides MMX with a unique sample that is collected from all over the Martian surface and dated throughout its history; a veritable log of the planet’s possible...
- A system to decontaminate highly radioactive water has gone into service at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The system is considered key to dealing with the build-up of contaminated water that is hampering work to bring the reactors under control. Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO,...