"If people eat this kind of contaminated food, it will affect the health of millions and millions of people, for many, many years." Observers say Japan's dis...

“If people eat this kind of contaminated food, it will affect the health of millions and millions of people, for many, many years.” Observers say Japan’s discharging of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean may pose long-term threats to human health and the marine environment.

    • Darkerseid
      81·
      10 months ago

      Fukushima was a nuclear disaster, suffering three nuclear meltdowns. The water has become contaminated and radioactive after coming into contact with the nuclear core. No other nuclear plant in the world is doing that. Greenpeace Japan lists other isotopes in Fukushima nuclear contaminated waste water including but not limited to strontium-90, which causes bone cancer

        • Darkerseid
          2·
          10 months ago

          IAEA says “Views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect those of IAEA member states”

          It’s safe to say that this is Japanese Govt. decision, IAEA has no bearing the the final decision

    • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      How would vapor release have been better? That just sounds like choosing to release it into the atmospheric global commons instead of the oceanic global commons, so people would make the same complaints. Is there any data showing expected radiation dispersal in the air vs the ocean?

    • Life2Space
      2·
      10 months ago

      I thought that the controversy was because the Fukushima wastewater made contact with the exposed core of the nuclear plant. This introduced — not only more dangerous isotopes — but also greater amounts of it, compared to regular wastewater.