Operators have pumped water to cool the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) since the accident in 2011 and treated this cooling water with the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), which is a state-of-the-art purification system that removes radioactive materials, except tritium.



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Since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, operators have been pumping water to cool the damaged nuclear reactors. This water, now contaminated, undergoes treatment with the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS). ALPS is a sophisticated filtration system designed to remove nearly all radioactive materials from the cooling water. However, tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is the exception. ALPS can not effectively remove tritium, and this treated water is stored on site, posing ongoing environmental concerns regarding its eventual disposal.

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