[Column] ALPS and frozen water wall can be the performance before discharging contaminated water to the Pacific ＡＬＰＳと凍土遮水壁の計画は汚染水を太平洋に流出させる前のパッフォーマンスにすぎないのでは

Posted by Mochizuki on October 10th, 2013
(Source) http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/10/column-alps-and-frozen-water-wall-can-be-the-performance-before-discharging-contaminated-water-to-the-pacific/ 

日本政府は多核種除去装置（ALPS）に150億円、地下水の、建屋への侵入を防ぐ、凍土遮水壁の建設に320億円と予算を組んではいるが、それらはただの見せかけの行為にすぎず、結局のところは汚染水を海に流失させるつもりでいるのではないでしょうか？

A person inside of Japanese government said, “Everyone knows Japanese government will end up discharging the contaminated water to the sea.” Said, “It’s just obvious. There’s no even meaning to put it into words.”   The press reported that an elite bureaucrat said the contaminated water must inevitably be discharged to the Pacific. This was the reaction of the person to read the article.   According to the decommissioning plan of Tepco and the government, there is no backup plan in case the multiple nuclide removing system and the frozen water wall don’t work. They place them as the last hope.   However, the multiple nuclide removing system stopped only 22 hours after the restart of the test operation. Also, they have been trying to “freeze” the water since 8/22/2013 but it doesn’t even reach 0℃. Nothing works.   In reality, all those “efforts” can be considered to be a “performance” to look like they are trying to do something. The bureaucrats know how it will end up in common. Engineers must share the same view. It’s not only the discharge of the retained water. The contaminated water keeps increasing by hundreds of tonnes everyday. Giving it up means they will keep discharging it for 40 years or 60 years until they finally decommission the plant (if they manage to invent some miracle technology someday somehow.).   This would destroy the Pacific. Not to mention, the fishery industry along the Pacific and all the industry related to the sea can be damaged. The only theory to deny this possibility is “but the sea is big, maybe big enough”, that’s it.   To “justify” themselves to discharge the contaminated water, they need to be able to say “we did our best, but we can’t help discharging it”. So to speak, it’s an excuse.   I don’t know how to vanish the contaminated water from the earth myself. We need to be prepared for the worst