"The press have repeated a statement initially peddled by #TEPCO, that this contaminated water only includes #tritium. This is untrue, and tritium is not without its own risks. The water being discussed has been through the various filtration systems on site used to remove #radioactive #isotopes. Each system removes some of the radioactive elements in the water. ALPS is the last of these systems. It can remove much of the remaining contamination but not all of it, some radioactive contamination remains in this water.

"We [SimplyInfo] documented back in 2018 that this water contains other problematic radioactive elements including:

#Plutonium (238, 239, 240)
#Americium
Iodine 129
#Technetium 99
Cobalt 60
Curium 244
Niobium-94
#Europium (152, 154)
#Cesium 137
#Strontium 90
Selenium 79
Nickel 63
Tin 126 (aka: Sn-126)

"As of 2018 the stored post ALPS water contained 200 billion becquerels of iodine 129, #ruthenium 106, and technetium 99. As stored water increases, so does the total volume of contamination within that water.

"TEPCO and the Japanese government have tried to ease concerns by claiming the water will be diluted before it is dumped into the Pacific ocean. This is a meaningless step. The total amount of radioactive contamination is still dumped into the ocean, you just dumped some additional water beside it at the same time."

https://simplyinfo.org/2021/04/tepco-gains-permission-to-dump-contaminated-water-what-you-need-to-know/

#Japan #JapanGovernment #TEPCOLies #FukushimaDaiichi #Fukushima #FukushimaWater

Japanese environment economist says ALPS-treated #Fukushima radioactive wastewater still contains radionuclides, urging Tokyo to stop dumping plan

By Xu Keyue
Published: Mar 27, 2023

"Kenichi Oshima, professor at Ryukoku University, told the Global Times that the Japanese government and TEPCO should not release the nuclear-contaminated wastewater.

"The Japanese government and TEPCO plan to use ALPS - Advanced Liquid Processing System - to treat the nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear accident and then release the treated water into the ocean. The treated water contains radionuclides including #ruthenium, #strontium-90 and #iodine-129, in addition to #tritium, Oshima noted."

#NoNukes #NoDumping #WaterIsLife #StopTEPCO #Japan

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1288055.shtml

#Fukushima Daiichi Water: The World is Watching… or Should Be

Published on May 6, 2021 by Azby Brown

"In late 2018, however, [#TEPCO] admitted that roughly 80% of the water —890,000 of the 1.1 million tons of treated water then in storage— still contained above-limit levels of #strontium 90, #cobalt 60, #ruthenium 106 and many other #radionuclides that the [ALPS] system had failed to adequately remove. Upon learning that this fact had been intentionally concealed by Tepco, the public was outraged. Those supporting the release plan seem to hope that this massive betrayal of trust has been forgotten."
#NoNukes #FukushimaWater #Fukushima #TEPCOLies #StopTEPCO #OpFukushima #WaterIsLife

Read more:
https://safecast.org/2021/05/fukushima-daiichi-water-the-world-is-watching-or-should-be/

#SolarCells and #smartphones mostly contain rare and therefore expensive #metals such as #Iridium or #Ruthenium. Swiss researchers now have developed a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative based on #Mangan.
https://www.novuslight.com/m/solar-cells-layer-of-three-crystals-produces-a-thousand-times-more-power_N11766.html

#Solarzellen und #Smartphones enthalten zumeist seltene und deshalb teure #Edelmetalle wie #Iridium oder #Ruthenium. Schweizer Forscher haben nun eine kostengünstigere und umweltfreundlichere Alternative auf der Basis von #Mangan entwickelt.
https://science.orf.at/stories/3207949