Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.
It’ll dilute so quickly and thoroughly into the ocean that it might as well not be there. This is a classic case of the public panicking over the word “nuclear.”
The IAEA approved the release, so it’s unlikely to be catastrophic. I can’t imagine radioactive tritium is great for fish, but what do I know.
It’ll dilute so quickly and thoroughly into the ocean that it might as well not be there. This is a classic case of the public panicking over the word “nuclear.”
Nor is pissing in an Olympic pool, but at some point you’re at homeopathic levels and while it “sounds wrong” is actually totally fine.