According to the company that manages the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, the radioactive water that is poured into the sea has not polluted the coast of the area, proof of this mentions the regular checks carried out at sea, three and fifteen kilometres away. On the same day that TEPCO pronounced itself, a new study was published measuring the highest concentration of cesions ever recorded one kilometer from the coast.

 

This is just one example of what's happening in Fukushima. What is said does not have sufficient funds or changes in the short term.

 

Another example: According to TEPCO, there are currently more than 350,000 tons of water accumulated below the plant, which will rise to 800,000 in 2016. In order not to pour that water into the sea, last year they began building a giant wall underground on the coast, and the work is expected to be completed over the next year. In addition, it is anticipated that the cleaning system for most radioactive substances containing the accumulated water will be ready.

But behind this information provided by TEPCO you can also do the following reading: This is the amount of water used in refrigeration systems for the 800,000 tons themselves, but what is the amount added by the rains? The wall of non-discharge of radioactive water into the sea can, in principle, prevent water from flowing out into the sea, but can that be assured, in the longer term, in these large spaces? At what cost? The water cleaning system aims to clean 62 of the 63 elements, but at the moment only one in three units works, as the breakdowns occur one after the other.

 

This issue has, at least in its misfortune, a positive aspect: Since Fukushima is a test laboratory, in a few years’ time human beings will know better the technology to control radioactivity. Meanwhile ...