In a live video from a control room at the plant Thursday, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings showed a staff member turn on a seawater pump, marking the beginning of the controversial project that is expected to last for decades.
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