>"the water is treated and diluted to levels that are safer than international standards, and so far, testing by TEPCO and government agencies has found no detectable radioactivity in seawater and fish samples taken after the release."
Releasing contaminated water at a rate slow enough that it doesn't seem to raise ambient radioactivity levels certainly seems preferable to hoarding contaminated water that could be released en-masse due to another earthquake, weather event, containment failure, etc.
The tritium concentration is to reach maximum levels in about four years after the discharge starts, but it would still be far below normal background radiation levels
sithadmin|2 years ago
Releasing contaminated water at a rate slow enough that it doesn't seem to raise ambient radioactivity levels certainly seems preferable to hoarding contaminated water that could be released en-masse due to another earthquake, weather event, containment failure, etc.
rado|2 years ago
A_D_E_P_T|2 years ago
dist-epoch|2 years ago
More people die of coal mining than ever did from nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy is good. We need a lot more of it.
Stop scaring people.
There is more radioactivity in a banana.
This water is safe to drink, as proven by a Japanese minister.
Nuclear energy is the safest form of energy. There are extensive defenses against all possible scenarios.