Fukushima Daiichi: Releasing Treated Water a Matter of Personal Concern

Tanks for contaminated water stretch as far as the eye can see.

Massive tanks, over 10 meters tall, each hold one week’s worth of contaminated water.

Members of the newsletter’s editorial department. They have different day jobs, but they all love Sōma. (Courtesy of Sōma taberu tsūshin)

Dressed in protective garb to tour the inside of the ALPS facility.

ALPS can remove 62 types of radioactive substances from contaminated water. Workers on site wear full protective gear.

At left, water treated by ALPS, with the dosimeter registering a 1; at right, water with a “radium ball” additive produces a dosimeter reading of 3.

Intermediate seafood wholesaler Iizuka Tetsuo. (Courtesy of Sōma taberu tsūshin)

Fisherman Kikuchi Motofumi. (Courtesy of Sōma taberu tsūshin)