Tepco ready to release radioactive, low-toxic tritium into sea

Radioactive tritium, said to pose little risk to human health, will be released from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex into the sea, according to a top official of the plant operator."The decision has already been made," Takashi Kawamura, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said in a recent interview with media outlets, referring to the discharge of tritium, which remains in filtered water even after highly toxic radioactive materials are removed from water used to cool damaged reactors at the plant.At other nuclear power plants, tritium-containing wat…READ FULL ARTICLE