SEOUL, Aug 26 ― Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea today to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan’s...
SEOUL, Aug 26 ― Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea today to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
“We will not be immediately seeing disasters like detecting radioactive materials in seafood but it seems inevitable that this discharge would pose a risk to the local fishing industry and the government needs to come up with solutions,” said Choi Kyoungsook of the Korea Radiation Watch group that organised the rally.
The utility responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T has been filtering the water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is hard to separate.
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