FAQ
About ALPS treated water, tritium, and monitoring
QWhy is it necessary to discharge
ALPS-treated water? Can't it continue to be stored?
ADischarging the ALPS-treated water is
necessary in order to free up space at the site to continue decommissioning work safely and without
delay. Space at the site is limited and needs to be fully utilized. This includes the ground on
which the storage tanks are built.
The tanks built on the premises of the power plant for storing ALPS-treated water. Additionally, the ground on which they are built is needed to construct new facilities for the temporary housing of fuel debris and the storage of waste from decommissioning work. These next stages, involving critical tasks such as removing the fuel debris from the reactor building, must be carried out safely and precisely, and to do so the space currently occupied by the tanks is essential.
About ALPS treated water, tritium, and monitoring
- QWhat is ALPS-treated water? How is it different to contaminated water?
- QWhy is it necessary to discharge ALPS-treated water? Can't it continue to be stored?
- QIf ALPS-treated water is safe, why is it being stored? Surely it is only being stored because it is unsafe.
- QIs there a chance of ALPS-treated water containing other radioactive substances in addition to tritium?
- QWhat is tritium?
- QIf tritium is a radioactive substance, is it not dangerous?
- QDoes tritium become concentrated in fish? And will eating fish be dangerous?
- QWhat kind of monitoring is implemented when discharging the ALPS treated water into the sea?
- QWhen discharging ALPS treated water into the sea, what will happen if the monitoring of the local sea area indicates that the discharged water hasn't sufficiently dispersed and so on?