Environmental groups are outraged.
that the company that owns the nuclear power plant didn't go far enough in removing radioactive materials left in the water.Diluting Risks
In a press conference in China last month, Japanese officials said that the water has been filtered over the years to remove most radioactive elements except for the hydrogen isotope tritium, which, as the report notes, is difficult to separate from water.levels. It would also not all be released at once, but would instead be released slowly over a period of 30 to 40 years.In spite of those assurances, however, detractors are nevertheless concerned about the controversial decision.
Chief among those critics is Beijing, which accused Japan of "completely confusing concepts and misleading public opinion" and the UN of hastily releasing its report. "If the Japanese side is bent on going its own way," the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement to the press, as quoted byOther groups and countries are concerned about the release of the water too, and asRegardless of the UN's go-ahead, Japan will have the final say in the decision — the concluding outcome of a disaster that occurred well over a decade ago.
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