Original title: Japan’s nuclear pollution water discharged into the sea has caused concern among American experts: harmful radioactive elements or crossing the entire Pacific Ocean
According to a report on the website of National Geographic magazine on August 22nd, the Japanese government claimed that the Fukushima nuclear polluted water was safe to be discharged into the sea, but American scientists worried that harmful radioactive elements in the nuclear polluted water might cross the entire Pacific Ocean, threatening the health of generations and affecting the entire North American ecosystem.
Robert Richmond, director of the Kevalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, said: "This is a cross-border and intergenerational event. Anything released into the ocean in the waters near Fukushima will not stay in one place." Richmond said that the research results showed that radioactive elements and debris released by the accident were quickly detected 5,500 miles off the coast of California after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
This discharge may make radioactive elements in Fukushima nuclear polluted water diffuse into the ocean again, which will be carried by ocean currents and even cross the Kuroshio in the Pacific Ocean.
In fact, Japan has repeatedly discharged nuclear sewage into the sea intentionally or unintentionally for more than a decade.
On August 21, 2013, about 300 tons of highly polluted radioactive sewage leaked from the storage tank of the nuclear power plant; On October 21 of the same year, affected by rainfall, sewage containing radioactive substances overflowed from many leakproof cofferdams around the storage tanks of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. On April 14, 2014, the leakage occurred again, because high-concentration nuclear sewage was mistakenly sent to other factories, and about 200 tons of nuclear sewage leaked into the basement; In March, 2021, the waste water tank of Fukushima nuclear power plant was broken due to a strong earthquake, resulting in the leakage of about 120 tons of waste water. In the same year, radioactive wastes such as water, paper, cloth and pipelines accumulated inside the container leaked, which fell from the container to the ground, and flowed into the surrounding drainage ditch and even into the Pacific Ocean with rainwater.
At the same time, Japan continues to beautify and package the Fukushima nuclear accident. The Japanese government entrusted Dentsu Group, the largest public relations company, to cover up the subsequent impact of the accident and beautify the repair effect. Dentsu Group, by setting up a portal website, conveyed the impression that "the impact of Fukushima nuclear accident has been eliminated and Fukushima is safe and reliable" through games, videos and cartoons, and translated it into many languages and promoted it to the whole world. This year, in order to endorse their plan to discharge nuclear waste water into the sea, the Japanese government has stepped up its public relations efforts with some authoritative institutions and organizations in the world, especially South Korea, which has long been fiercely opposed to the discharge of nuclear waste water into the sea.
It is undeniable that earthquakes are frequent in Japan, and some leaks are indeed caused by natural disasters. But this can’t hide its true face and "immoral" behavior that it has no intention to seriously solve the problem of nuclear wastewater. In 2019, South Korea photographed the Japanese side pretending to be a fishing boat to secretly discharge nuclear wastewater. In addition, some people found that many sharks died collectively in the waters near Dickinson County and Kuerdao County in South Korea. You know, sharks have extremely high requirements for the living environment, and seawater pollution or abnormal sound waves on the seabed may cause a large number of sharks to die.
Therefore, we can conclude that some so-called leakage is actually Japan secretly discharging nuclear waste water. However, this time, the reason why they openly said that they would discharge nuclear waste water is mainly because the reserves of nuclear waste water are close to the peak and the leakage is difficult to contain, so they began to discharge it against the world.
Since Japan announced that it would discharge nuclear waste water, a wave of resistance has been set off rapidly around the world. In South Korea, the anti-nuclear sewage discharge signature activity led by the Korean Common Democratic Party has won the support of more than 100,000 people. They held a rally in Seoul and claimed that "the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea is a nuclear terrorist attack." China also strongly opposed the Japanese discharge of nuclear waste water into the sea at the World Health Assembly.
This move by Japan not only caused opposition from neighboring countries, but even its own people could not stand it. The vast majority of residents in Fukushima disapprove of the plan to discharge the sea, and Japanese environmental protection groups and fishery organizations have also held protests many times. Even the local councillors of the American Northern Mariana Islands are opposed to discharging the sea, saying that polluted water will pose a threat to the lives of residents who depend on marine resources for their livelihood.
However, the United States, which is also on the Pacific coast, not only did not object, but cast a vote of confidence. The State Council issued a statement saying that under unique and challenging circumstances, Japan weighed various options and influences, remained transparent about its decision, and seemed to adopt a method that met the globally recognized nuclear safety standards. Secretary of State Blinken publicly supported it on Twitter. He wrote: "We are grateful to Japan for its transparent efforts in deciding to deal with nuclear waste water from Fukushima nuclear power plant."
As is known to all, according to the calculation of ocean current movement, after entering the Pacific Ocean, the nuclear waste water was first caught by the Japanese warm current, and then divided into two branches. One branch continued to travel north along the Aleutian Islands to Alaska, and the cold current gathered near the Bering Strait to form the Thousand Islands cold current, and continued to form the pro-tide to the south. The other branch will continue southward along the North American continent, and will turn into a California cold current after encountering cooling in the North American continent. Therefore, the nuclear waste water discharged from Japan will definitely have an impact on the United States and Canada.
However, due to the contradictions within the whole western camp, American allies have been bargaining, including Japan, and now they are all preparing to join hands with us in disguise to squeeze the United States out of Asia. Therefore, the United States would rather drink Japanese foot washing water now, and also support Japan to adopt a simple and cheap method of nuclear wastewater treatment that may be under international pressure, just in exchange for Japan’s absolute obedience and loyalty to the United States, and continue to act as an anti-China Depth Charge.
