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[News] Japan to release 1m+ tonnes of radioactive water into the sea







jcdenton08

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Water way to have a good time - I’ll drink to that. Cheers!
 




Baldseagull

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The water will have had most radioactive contaminants removed, with the remaining Tritium, that is very difficult to remove diluted to a level that is very safe, much much lower than an x-ray would give you, it would make up about 0.05% of the radiation you receive annually if you came into contact with it. Not as low a level as is permitted in drinking water, but once it is dumped into the ocean it would soon become much much more dilute and it poses no real risk.
 


Horses Arse

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The water will have had most radioactive contaminants removed, with the remaining Tritium, that is very difficult to remove diluted to a level that is very safe, much much lower than an x-ray would give you, it would make up about 0.05% of the radiation you receive annually if you came into contact with it. Not as low a level as is permitted in drinking water, but once it is dumped into the ocean it would soon become much much more dilute and it poses no real risk.
Is the nasty stuff removed by rinsing it in sea water?
 






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The most curious thing..
What about the fish?

Somebody needs to consider the gish.
 


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Springal

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I imagine it’s already an issue. I was part of a global team and our colleague in Japan spent a good few weeks in hospital with a sushi related illness, partly because of mercury the fish had ingested or something
 


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