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No anomalies detected after Fukushima water release

Researchers check tritium levels in fish taken from waters off Fukushima Prefecture at the Marine Ecology Research Institute's facility in Tagajo in neighboring Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 26, 2023, two days after Japan commenced the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. No detectable amount of tritium was found in the fish samples, according to the Japanese government.

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Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists

STORY: Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference in Seoul 2. various of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAUN BURNIE, Senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace East Asia STORYLINE: Multiple scientists have voiced concern that the discharge of tritium from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will severely harm human bodies. At a press conference in Seoul, Timothy Mousseau, a professor at the University of South Carolina, said that consistent ingestion of tritiated water discharged from the Fukushima plant can lead to cell and tissue damage of the human body. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina "When tritium gets inside the body, it's a

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Pair held for allegedly selling radioactive cellphone straps

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows fluorescent cellphone lanyards containing the radioactive substance tritium that were seized from a Japanese man and woman. They were arrested July 17 for allegedly selling such products without obtaining permission from the minister of science and technology.

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IAEA special coordinator Caruso

Gustavo Caruso, director and coordinator at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2022. In Japan, IAEA officials and international nuclear experts evaluated the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant containing trace amounts of tritium into the sea.

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Fish raising using Fukushima nuclear plant treated water

File photo taken on Sept. 26, 2020, shows a bottle containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A project is under way for the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to raise fish in the diluted tritium-containing treated water to prevent reputational damage to marine products ahead of a plan to discharge treated water into the ocean from the spring of 2023.

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Kyoto University team develops tritium absorbent

A bottle of tritium absorption catalyst developed by a Kyoto University team is shown on April 22, 2015. Using protonic manganese oxide with a spinel crystal structure, it is hoped tritium can be extracted from contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Fukushima nuclear crisis

File photo taken on Feb. 14, 2021, shows tanks storing treated water containing radioactive tritium on the premises of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant about 10 years after the nuclear crisis.

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 14, 2021, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with tanks storing treated water containing low-toxicity radioactive tritium lined on the premises.

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. The top photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2011, six days after the earthquake, and the bottom photo taken from a helicopter on Feb. 14, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, showing tanks storing water contaminated with low-toxicity radioactive tritium used to cool the reactors.

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Pair held for allegedly selling radioactive cellphone straps

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows fluorescent cellphone lanyards containing the radioactive substance tritium that were seized from a Japanese man and woman. They were arrested July 17 for allegedly selling such products without obtaining permission from the minister of science and technology. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan warns about Fukushima water

A Taiwanese environmental group stages a protest in Taipei on May 13, 2020, against a possible release of water that contains low-toxicity radioactive tritium into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The group submitted a written statement to Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Regulator proposes sea release of Fukushima plant water

Toyoshi Fuketa (L), chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, and Naraha Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto hold talks in the town located near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Jan. 11, 2018. Fuketa said water at the plant that still contains radioactive tritium after treatment should be diluted and released into the sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo