Radio Free never accepts money from corporations, governments or billionaires – keeping the focus on supporting independent media for people, not profits. Since 2010, Radio Free has supported the work of thousands of independent journalists, learn more about how your donation helps improve journalism for everyone.

Make a monthly donation of any amount to support independent media.





The Radioactive Pacific Ocean

Photograph Source: IAEA Imagebank – CC BY-SA 2.0

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is proceeding with its widely criticized plan to release more than a million tons of “treated” radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the next 30 years. Concerned scientists and citizens continue to question the safety of TEPCO’s choice to use ocean dilution as their solution to the radioactive pollution from the plant’s disastrous 2011 meltdown. Dissent includes experts from Beyond Nuclear and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.

If you are logged in but can’t read CP+ articles, check the status of your access here

In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies.

More

The post The Radioactive Pacific Ocean appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Photograph Source: IAEA Imagebank - CC BY-SA 2.0

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is proceeding with its widely criticized plan to release more than a million tons of “treated” radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the next 30 years. Concerned scientists and citizens continue to question the safety of TEPCO’s choice to use ocean dilution as their solution to the radioactive pollution from the plant’s disastrous 2011 meltdown. Dissent includes experts from Beyond Nuclear and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
If you are logged in but can't read CP+ articles, check the status of your access here
In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to accept cookies.

The post The Radioactive Pacific Ocean appeared first on CounterPunch.org.


This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Greg M. Schwartz.


Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

Leave a Reply

APA

Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free (2023-12-10T07:23:29+00:00) The Radioactive Pacific Ocean. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/

MLA
" » The Radioactive Pacific Ocean." Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free - Sunday December 10, 2023, https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/
HARVARD
Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free Sunday December 10, 2023 » The Radioactive Pacific Ocean., viewed ,<https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/>
VANCOUVER
Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free - » The Radioactive Pacific Ocean. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/
CHICAGO
" » The Radioactive Pacific Ocean." Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free - Accessed . https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/
IEEE
" » The Radioactive Pacific Ocean." Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free [Online]. Available: https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/. [Accessed: ]
rf:citation
» The Radioactive Pacific Ocean | Greg M. Schwartz | Radio Free | https://www.radiofree.org/2023/12/10/the-radioactive-pacific-ocean/ |

Please log in to upload a file.



There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.