ΕιδήσειςΕυρωπαϊκές Ειδήσεις Greenpeace Sends Rainbow Warrior To Test Japan Seawater dj Πεμ, 21 Απριλίου 2011 - 16:55
Greenpeace said Thursday it is sending its Rainbow Warrior flagship to Japan to test seawater and marine life near the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant which is leaking radiation. The ship has left Taiwan and is set to start testing as early as next Wednesday, said the environmental activist group, which has also been monitoring aerial and soil radiation and food produce near the atomic plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO), or Tepco, said Thursday that some 520 tons of runoff which reached the sea from April 1 to 6 through a crack in a storage pit had reached about 4,700 terabecquerels--20,000 times above the plant's legal annual limit. Tepco has also dumped 10,000 tons of lower-level radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean to free up storage space for more highly contaminated runoff that has resulted from weeks of emergency reactor dousing operations. Greenpeace Japan executive director Junichi Sato said water testing was important because "Japan relies heavily on the ocean to feed itself." "Given the continual leaking of radioactive water into the marine environment--including Tepco's release of huge quantities of contaminated water--it is critical that independent testing is undertaken, in order to assess the true extent of the contamination and the possible impacts on public health and the food web," Sato said in a statement. "We have informed Japan 's government and are currently working through the appropriate channels to ensure we can add marine research to the radiation monitoring already carried by our land-based teams in the Fukushima area." Greenpeace launched its first Rainbow Warrior in 1978 and sent it to Pacific waters on protest campaigns against U.S. and French nuclear testing, before it was sunk by French agents at a New Zealand port in 1985. The Rainbow Warrior II was launched in 1989 and is now nearing its recommended decommissioning date, after which it will be replaced by the purpose-built Rainbow Warrior III, the group said. Διαβάστε ακόμα Κατολίσθηση σε Απομακρυσμένη Περιοχή της Γροιλανδίας Δημιούργησε Δονήσεις σε Όλη τη Γη Παρ, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 11:37 WindEurope: Η Ευρώπη Πρόσθεσε 6,4GW Νέας Αιολικής Ισχύος το Α Εξάμηνο του 2024 Παρ, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 11:02 Την Aνατροπή της Eλεύθερης Aγοράς Eνέργειας Kαλοβλέπει το Βερολίνο Παρ, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 10:43 Καμπανάκι από Αθήνα: Οι Ρωσικές Επιθέσεις Διαλύουν την Αγορά Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας της ΕΕΕ Παρ, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 09:54 Η Stellantis «βγάζει από την πρίζα» το Fiat 500e για 4 εβδομάδες Παρ, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 09:43
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