FAQ
About ALPS treated water, tritium, and monitoring
QWhat is ALPS-treated water? How is it
different to contaminated water?
AALPS-treated water is contaminated water
that has been treated to reduce radionuclides to below regulatory levels. Contaminated water
contains radioactive materials, and it becomes contaminated after coming into contact with fuel
debris in the reactor building. This water is treated using advanced liquid processing systems to
reduce all radionuclides, except for tritium, to below regulatory levels.
Contaminated water and ALPS-treated water are not the same. Contaminated water contains high levels of radioactive materials and is generated on a daily basis from the reactor building. ALPS-treated water is water that has been treated using advanced liquid processing systems to reduce all radionuclides, except for tritium, to below clearance levels for release into the environment.
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?