cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1892661
Archived version: https://archive.ph/MytGC
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825151937/https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/24/china-bans-seafood-from-japan-as-fukushima-nuclear-plant-releases-treated-wastewater-into-
Oil spill: nothing happens Monitored, purposeful release of wastewater: we can’t have fish anymore
Idiotic political theater
The amount of radiation in this wastewater, per liter, is equivalent to 100 bananas, or 378.5 bananas per gallon
That actually seems like a lot of bananas per liter
Thank you. This actually gives perspective on radiation level better than Rads
That’s fine because one of the previous stories said that most of the fish caught are eaten by locals anyway
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant‘s operator says it began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday – a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan.
In a live video from a control room at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings showed a staff member turn on a seawater pump with a click of a mouse, marking the start of the controversial project that is expected to last for decades.
TEPCO later confirmed that the seawater pump was activated at 1:03 pm local time, three minutes after the final step began.
Authorities said they will “dynamically adjust relevant regulatory measures as appropriate to prevent the risks of nuclear-contaminated water discharge to the health and food safety of our country.”
But the Japanese government and TEPCO say the water must be released to make room for the plant’s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks.
The United Nations agency also said it would launch a webpage to provide live data about the discharge, and repeated its assurance that the IAEA would have an on-site presence for the duration of the release.
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The primary concern is not about tritium (which doesn’t bioaccumulate) but about the other trace radioactive elements (which do bioaccumulate and are present in much greater quantities in the wastewater than they are in normal ocean water).
china shut the fuck up your currency is shit and you are an ass country
