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    RISKY STALEMATE AS SCIENCE BATTLES HUMAN FEARS AT FUKUSHIMA

    Dec 01, 2017 4 minutes

    More than six years after a tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has yet to reach consensus on what to do with a million tons of radioactive water, stored on site in around 900 large and densely packed tanks that could spill should another major earthquake or tsunami strike.

    The stalemate is rooted in a fundamental conflict between science and human nature.

    Experts advising the government have urged a gradual release to the nearby Pacific Ocean. Treatment has removed all the radioactive elements except tritium, which they say is safe in small amounts. Conversely, if the tanks break, their contents could slosh out

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