Russia is bolstering its power generation capabilities by conducting operational tests on the core technologies of the closed nuclear fuel cycle. This progress is particularly evident at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant, where the energy complex utilizes fast reactors BN-600 and BN-800 that employ sodium as a liquid metal coolant.
When it comes to radioactive material, can we ever be safe? Science gives a cautious nod, but Japan s detractors don t want a discharge into the Pacific ocean
On August 25, Japan officially began discharging nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The legitimacy, legality and safety of Fukushima's plan to discharge contaminated water into the sea have been questioned by the international community. Wei Fangxin, a researcher at the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, spoke to Chinanews.com about the issue. He said the water from Fukushima is different from normal nuclear wastewater.
greenery. they have been releasing live pictures of the water being discharged. now, you cannot really see it from where we are because it is all happening underwater. the waste water is pumped into a tunnel under the sea, it is about a kilometre long, and then being released into the ocean. this is a significant day because it is the start of the process, but it is a very long process that is going to span many decades. they are predicting 30 years, maybe longer. within the first two weeks, so from now until two weeks, they are predicting that they are going to release about nearly 8000 tonnes of this waste water. now, it has caused a great deal of anxiety from the moment it was announced and of course on a day like today. the science says it is safe, the government says it is safe. tepco, the company running the plan, says it is safe. essentially they have been processing this water, diluting it, removing more than 60 radionuclides. 0ne remains, which is tritium, it is very hard to r
tilman ruff is associate professor, at the melbourne school of global health. he says it s hard to say how damaging the water will be for the environment. don t really have evidence for that. that s robust. the independent expert panel that was appointed by the pacific islands forum, which engaged very closely with the iaea, with the japanese government, and with tepco, the the operator of the plant, were really not convinced, reviewing all the evidence available, that we knew either what was in the tanks or that the process that s planned would work as intended. what are some of the long term effects of consuming fish and other seafood that is been in this waste water or will be in this waste water? because this is not normal cooling water, it s been in contact with molten nuclear fuel. it contains a vast variety of of radionuclides. those behave in different ways in biological systems,