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Why you are wrong if you think Fukushima wastewater is normal (and should feel bad for falling for it) (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tritium is a red herring strontium and carbon-14 are in this shit

This filtration method is not verified by the same testing as other projects releasing diluted tritium water. Those comparisons are inaccurate as this is a contamination cleanup site, not a nuclear power plant. Water was directly in contact with the molten core it's all nasty now 😓

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Greenpeace Japan references (reference 2):

The opposition to the discharges includes the U.S. National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) consisting of 100 leading marine science institutions in the United States stated “The proposed release of this contaminated water is a transboundary and transgenerational issue of concern for the health of marine ecosystems and those whose lives and livelihoods depend on them.” – December 2022

This is accompanied with a link to the position paper

Further quote:

NAML members are unified in our concern about use of the oceans as a dumping ground for radioactively contaminated water and other pollutants because such actions can negatively affect the long-term health and sustainability of our planet.

We urge the Government of Japan to stop pursuing their planned and precedent-setting release of the radioactively contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean and to work with the broader scientific community to pursue other approaches that protect ocean life; human health; and those communities who depend on ecologically, economically, and culturally valuable marine resources.