Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.
But basically, it would condense and fall as rain and wouldn’t really be any better, and less control where it ended up. I had hoped maybe they would end up with clean water and a lot of remnants left behind but it sounds like the elements go up with the vapor.
I also found this factoid on Wikipedia: Tritium has leaked from 48 of 65 nuclear sites in the US. Fun!
I was curious why they don’t evaporate it. That was actually an idea and the reasons why are mentioned in this Reuters article from 2015: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fukushima-water-idUSKBN0MZ0WC20150408
But basically, it would condense and fall as rain and wouldn’t really be any better, and less control where it ended up. I had hoped maybe they would end up with clean water and a lot of remnants left behind but it sounds like the elements go up with the vapor.
I also found this factoid on Wikipedia: Tritium has leaked from 48 of 65 nuclear sites in the US. Fun!