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| Environmental and health effects of nuclear wastewater —Something beyond Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge |
| CHEN Haiyan1, YANG Chunyu1, XU Rui1, LIU Yulong2, CAO Yi1 |
1. School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123 China;
2. General Hospital of Nuclear Industry, Suzhou 215004 China |
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Abstract In April 2021, the Japanese government decided to discharge nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, which aroused widespread concern all over the world. The radioactive substances in nuclear wastewater may affect the environment through the action of ocean circulation, groundwater or carbon cycle. In addition, it may expose people to the health effects of low-dose but long-term pollution once nuclear wastewater is discharged into the sea. Based on this, this paper discusses the possible global environmental impact of nuclear wastewater from a general perspective and illustrates its possible health effects as well as potential mental health problems from an individual perspective, and puts forward some suggestions on the issue of Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge.
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Received: 08 June 2021
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