Discharge of treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water: macroscopic and microscopic simulations

Yi Liu; Xue-Qing Guo; Sun-Wei Li; Jian-Min Zhang; Zhen-Zhong Hu

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwab209

Discharge of treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water: macroscopic and microscopic simulations

Natl Sci Rev. 2021 Nov 26;9(1):nwab209. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwab209. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Yi Liu¹, Xue-Qing Guo¹, Sun-Wei Li¹, Jian-Min Zhang², Zhen-Zhong Hu¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China.
² Institute for Ocean Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.

Abstract

The diffusion process of the treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water to be discharged into the Pacific Ocean from 2023 is analyzed by two analysis models from macroscopic and microscopic perspectives. Results show that the tritium will spread to the whole North Pacific in 1200 days, which is important to formulate global coping strategies.