FAQ
About ALPS treated water, tritium, and monitoring
QWhat is tritium?
ATritium (hydrogen-3) is a form of hydrogen
and exists naturally all around us.
Tritium (hydrogen-3) is a form of hydrogen. It occurs naturally due to cosmic rays (radiation from space) interacting with atmospheric gases, and reacts with oxygen to become tritiated water. Tritiated water exists in water vapor in the atmosphere, in the ocean, in tap water and food, and in the human body.
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?