FAQ
About ALPS treated water, tritium, and monitoring
The results of monitoring conducted by relevant agencies are as follows.
Reference
ALPS
Treated Water Marine Monitoring Information｜Ministry of the Environment
Sea
Area Monitoring Results | Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (tepco.co.jp)
METI:
Nuclear
Decommissioning, Contaminated Water, and Treated Water Portal Site
METI:
ALPS-Treated Water
METI:
FAQ
TEPCO:TREATED
WATER PORTAL SITE
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?