Monitoring long-term ecological impacts from release of Fukushima radiation water into ocean

Geography and Sustainability

Di Du¹  Jingjing Yuan²  Bin Sun³  Yonglong Lu³  Xiaojie Yi⁴ 

[1]Corresponding author: Yonglong Lu, [e-mail] or [e-mail].

[2]State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China

[3]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Fujian 361102, China

[4]State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China

关键词: Fukushima Nuclear Accident;    Ecological impact;    Radioactive materials;    Public participation;    Compensation mechanism;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

After 10 years of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan decided to release the nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on 13 April 2021. It is apparent that Japan has chosen the most cost-efficient way to deal with the contaminated water, however, great opposition and concerns have been raised internationally due to the ecotoxicological features of radioactive materials and their harmful impacts on the environment. Here we analyze the ecological impacts caused by the nuclear accident and the potential impacts of releasing the nuclear wastewater into the ocean. Science-based solutions are proposed through a third-party evaluation and strict environmental assessment, multi-stakeholder public participation, integrated monitoring of the neighboring coastal countries, long-term international collaborative research, and setting up international convention for ecological compensation.

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