Why Japan is dumping water from Fukushima in the sea?

The Japanese utility giant Tepco is planning to release more than 1 million cubic meters of treated radioactive water — enough to fill 500 Olympic-size swimming pools — from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, part of its nearly $200 billion effort to clean up the worst atomic …

Why does Japan dump radioactive water?

Why is Japan doing this? Space to store the waste water is running out. Currently about 1.25 million tonnes of radioactive water are being stored at Fukushima and the site is expected to reach full capacity next year, according to the plant’s operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco).

What would happen if Japan released all its stored water?

Even releasing all the stored water in a single year would produce “no more than one-thousandth the exposure impact of natural radiation in Japan,” the foreign ministry said in a reply to a UN report.

When will Japan’s water crisis finally end?

The government says no final decision has been made. The release of more than a million tonnes of water, which has been filtered to reduce radioactivity, would start in 2022 at the earliest, according to Japanese media outlets including national dailies the Nikkei and the Yomiuri Shimbun.

When will Japan’s radioactive tap water be released?

The release of the water, which has been filtered to reduce radioactivity, is likely to start in 2022 at the earliest, said national dailies the Nikkei, the Yomiuri, and other local media.

What caused the 2011 tsunami in Japan?

On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan, triggering a 15-metre tsunami. While the back-up systems to prevent a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant survived the initial quake, further damage was inflicted by the tsunami.