WCI Newsletter 2021 7 Politics and Isotopes - 10 Years after Fukushima and the Politics of Tritium

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Politics and Isotopes: 10 Years After Fukushima and the Politics of Tritium

2021 July

Paul T. Dickman

Vol.10 – Issue 7

Senior Policy Fellow Argonne National Laboratory, USA President- Elect, World Council on Isotopes

01 Lead Article

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02 Isotope-related News

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The following report related to the Fukushima

03 Sketches from the Secretariat

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Daiichi’s reactors’ disaster and its aftermath, is an

04 Future Conferences and Events

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independent view by the author. The WCI does

Jong Kyung Kim President Nigel Stevenson Immediate Past President Paul Dickman President-Elect Bernard Ponsard Chair, Industrial Applications Keon Wook Kang Chair, Medical Applications Timothy Payne Chair, Environmental Applications Carlo R. ChemalyChair, Info.Exchange& Cooperation Syed M. Qaim Chair, Education and Training Meera Venkatesh Chair, Publication Paul Dickman Chair, ICI Coordination Ira N. Goldman Chair, Long-Term Funding Woo-Geun Song Secretary-General

not necessarily endorse or reject the opinions or conclusions expressed in this article. It has been ten years since the Great Tōhoku Earthquake and its ensuing tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors and destroyed much of the surrounding region. The painstaking work of decommissioning and restoring the Fukushima Daiichi site is progressing slowly. Hampering

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progress is the disposition of treated water currently stored on-site in over 1000 tanks. This water needs to be discharged, and the tanks 1


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