Japan Releases Seawater Into Tunnel Built for Fukushima Nuclear-Contaminated Water

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Since the afternoon of June 5, the Tokyo Electric Power Company had initiated the process of introducing seawater into an underwater tunnel constructed to release Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. By 5 am on June 6, the injection process for the tunnel had been completed, with approximately 6,000 tons of seawater injected. Once fully filled with seawater, the tunnel will function as a conduit for transporting treated radioactive water from the Fukushima plant to a location approximately 1 kilometer offshore. (NHK)

도쿄전력은 후쿠시마 원전 오염수를 바다로 방출하기 위해 건설한 해저터널에 바닷물을 주입하는 작업을 6월 5일 오후부터 시작했다. 6월 6일 오전 5시까지 작업이 완료되어 약 6,000톤의 바닷물이 터널에 주입되었다. 이 터널은 바닷물이 채워지면 후쿠시마 원전에서 처리된 방사능 오염수를 약 1km 떨어진 곳으로 운반하는 통로 역할을 할 것이다.

​​​​​​​“We don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb

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