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ian
Talking about tritium as usual as though it's the only radionuclide substance in the wastewater. Seems it's also the issue with Greenpeace have tepco and the govt addressed it yet?
https://www.dw.com/en/fukushima-nuclear-water-release-how-safe-is-it/a-66608666
DanteKH
Good-by going to beaches and bathing in the sea on the east coast of Japan.
ian
Yup I'll take your word for it
1glenn
No one, including yours truly, wants a radioactive ocean. However, if the government is telling the truth, this water is not radioactive. We should use facts and logic, not fear alone, to make our decisions.
albaleo
All sea water is radioactive to some extent, along with everything else - rocks, soil, and even our bodies. It's the level of radiation that is important.
smithinjapan
And JUST after "donating" to the IEAE.
albaleo: "All sea water is radioactive to some extent, along with everything else - rocks, soil, and even our bodies. It's the level of radiation that is important."
Absolutely! So why not add even more to the mix and up the radiation? I mean, if I steal chocolate from you that's bad. If I then punch you in the face, that's bad too. But since they're both bad the punch is lessened, right? Heck, they might even cancel each other out.
albaleo
Some might say there is a case for that. I haven't looked at this kind of thing for a while, but there is a notion that certain levels of radiation are beneficial. I think some long-ago studies showed that higher levels of natural radiation in some places reduced certain cancer issues. The results were a little confusing. But I think the notion is that radiation can kill both healthy cells and non-healthy cells in the body. If, at certain levels, more non-healthy cells are killed than healthy cells, then radiation is good.
Where's my Geiger counter?
Dango bong
"treated water discharge" = "legal nuclear waste leaking"
ian
And of course tepco did away with the final measurement check before discharge of the wastewater. They removed the final verification step and changed the much heralded iaea approved plan.
The final check was supposed to verify if the end result of the plan passes international safety standards?
No need to worry about that. tepco doesn't claim it passes international standards anymore, it now says the radioactive wastewater discharge "meet radioactivity levels within the standards set by the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.,"
ian
So post here the summary of the data that support what you claim
ian
So do you believe the govt is telling the truth?
DanteKH
Funny how you instantly get down voted for saying anything not good about Japan and some practices here.
Yes, the radioactive water release is very good for the environment, fishing and bathing. Let's dump some more! /s
opheliajadefeldt
Perhaps Japan shoud offer the CCP to treat the tons and tons of their untreated nuclear waste water before they just dump it in the sea...../s
isabelle
Still trying desperately with this line, I see.
/dev/random has already responded but I will state some further facts, just as I have done previously.
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The other (62) radionuclides are removed/reduced to safe levels by ALPS. The issue is the tritium, and that's why the water is diluted so that tritium levels are 6-7 times lower than the WHO's drinking water standard. This is verified by the IAEA.
https://www.iaea.org/topics/response/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-accident/fukushima-daiichi-alps-treated-water-discharge/faq
ALPS is a pumping and filtration system, which uses a series of chemical reactions to remove 62 radionuclides from contaminated water. However, ALPS is not able to remove tritium from the contaminated water.
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See you and your friends on the next thread, where you will all no doubt try this line yet again.