Bring voices from the coast into the Fukushima treated water debate.
Bring voices from the coast into the Fukushima treated water debate.
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将海岸的声音带入福岛治疗的水辩论。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2205431119
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发表时间:
2022-11-08
影响因子:
11.1
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More than a decade has passed since the accident at the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power plant in Japan—but the most contentious aspect of bringing the site under control is only just beginning. The Japanese Government has approved plant operator TEPCO’s plan to release treated water into the Pacific Ocean. That water is currently being stored onsite and retains some radioactive substances after treatment. The decision to release this water has provoked political contention and societal concern. South Korea, China, and Taiwan, as well as international environmental nongovernmental organizations, have expressed strong concern; and fisheries cooperatives in Japan remain opposed to the releases for fear of possible reputational impacts on Fukushima seafood. TEPCO are confirming specific details of the release process, and an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force has made multiple visits to the Fukushima Dai’ichi site at the behest of the Japanese Government and TEPCO. The releases are scheduled to start in 2023 and run for many years. A technical committee within Japan, formed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, made the recommendation to release the treated water; it’s unlikely that the Japanese Government or TEPCO will revisit their decision. And so, a key role for technical and policy communities, both within Japan and internationally, is to ensure that the concerns of affected stakeholders are identified and addressed as the releases proceed. However, despite significant global science–policy interest in the treated water situation at Fukushima Dai’ichi (1, 2), the concerns of local fishers and coastal communities in Fukushima, key stakeholders living in the shadow of the nuclear site who will live with the consequences of the releases on a daily basis, have had only limited visibility in the science–policy discourse surrounding the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
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影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Sundqvist, Goran
通讯作者:
Sundqvist, Goran
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-13-8218-5_3
发表时间:
2020-01-01
期刊:
LOW-DOSE RADIATION EFFECTS ON ANIMALS AND ECOSYSTEMS: LONG-TERM STUDY ON THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
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作者:
Morita, Takami;Ambe, Daisuke;Shigenobu, Yuya
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Shigenobu, Yuya
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Zhang Xixi;Qu Tongkun;Wang Yecheng
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Wang Yecheng
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Bezhenar, R.;Takata, H.;Maderich, V
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Maderich, V
影响因子:
5.1
作者:
Kasperson, Roger
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Kasperson, Roger