RT
July 22, 2016
July 22, 2016
The amount of radioactive
substances in seabed off Fukushima is hundreds of times higher than before the
disaster, a report issued by Greenpeace reveals. The figures mean that there is
absolutely “no return to normal after nuclear catastrophe” in the area.
On Thursday, the environmental
group released a report addressing the results of the study during which
scientists analyzed radioactivity levels along Fukushima’s rivers and in the
Pacific seabed off the coast.
“These
river samples were taken in areas where the [Prime Minister Shinzo] Abe
government is stating it is safe for people to live. But the results show there
is no return to normal after this nuclear catastrophe,”said Ai Kashiwagi,
Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Japan.
The report showed there is
hundreds of times more radioactive substances in the seabed off Fukushima coast
than there was prior to 2011. It also stated that the level of hazardous
materials along local rivers is 200 times higher compared to the Pacific Ocean
seabed.
“The
extremely high levels of radioactivity we found along the river systems
highlights the enormity and longevity of both the environmental contamination
and the public health risks resulting from the Fukushima disaster,” Kashiwagi said.
The vast territories including
contaminated forests and freshwater systems “will remain a perennial source of radioactivity for the
foreseeable future,” scientists warned in the press release.
They analyzed the level of
radioactive materials, such as Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 (Cs-137), noting a
colossal increase in the figures.
While the amount of Cs-137 in
seabed near the Fukushima plant was only 0.26 Bq/kg prior to the nuclear
disaster, the current number stands at 120 Bq/kg, the report showed. On the whole,
the data showed that Cs will pose a threat to human health for hundreds of
years to come.
“The
radiation levels in the sediment off the coast of Fukushima are low compared to
land contamination, which is what we expected and consistent with other research,” said Kendra Ulrich, senior global energy campaigner at Greenpeace
Japan.
The current site of the destroyed
plant “remains one of the greatest nuclear threats” to Fukushima communities
and the Pacific Ocean, the group said.
“The
hundreds of thousands of tonnes of highly-contaminated water, the apparent
failure of the ice wall to reduce groundwater contamination, and the
unprecedented challenge of three molten reactor cores all add up to a nuclear
crisis that is far from over,” said Ulrich.
Greenpeace also warned against
the government’s decision to lift a number of evacuation orders around the
Fukushima plant by March 2017.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
disaster, the largest since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, took place in March
2011 and resulted in three nuclear meltdowns and a leak of radioactive
materials. The accident prompted a nationwide shutdown of all nuclear power
plants in Japan with Sendai being the first to start working again, in August
2015.
This article was
posted: Friday, July 22, 2016
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