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Vinomadd4877 t1_ja6l8gr wrote

Reply to comment by VanArchie in As Tokyo Electric Power Co. moves closer to discharging tons of stored water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, local opposition has intensified and cries of betrayal are being heard by DoremusJessup

True. This disaster is ONLY a disaster because of how localized the material is. It will have essentially 0 effect on the ocean at large.

...except for the matter of diffusion... If this is released in one place, yes, that place locally could be poisoned. Whether this is a good idea or not depends ENTIRELY on how the waste is dispensed.

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anti-DHMO-activist t1_ja742es wrote

It's tritium, which is practically rather harmless. And only ~2.2g of it. Even locally that's not going to have any serious impact.

La hague in france releases about 13 times that much, every year.

This is a complete non-issue.

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