Huat Zai Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Flood Gates Japanese regulators just gave the Fukushima nuclear plant the green light to release around 1.4 million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific ocean starting next year, the Associated Press reports. While the environmental risks are minimal according to the regulator, there’s still plenty of tritium, a potentially carcinogenic byproduct, in the water that could threaten the health of aquatic ecosystems and their neighboring communities and countries. There are a lot of unknowns that make judging the full impact of such a venture difficult to gauge. Notably, there are still some questions about the health impacts of being exposed to low doses of tritium in the long term, according to the AP, especially as far as sea life is concerned. Radioactive Delay Last year, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced plans to dump water contaminating the buildings involved in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown into the ocean. Officials warned at the time that the plant could run out of space to store the contaminated groundwater, which amounts to 1.4 million liters across 1,000 different tanks. It’s been a controversial subject to say the least, with Suga being publicly challenged to drink some of the radioactive wastewater last April. Neighboring countries, including China and South Korea, have also voiced their discontent ever since plans surfaced. The plan is to pump the wastewater through a pipeline to a coastal facility next spring, where it will be diluted with seawater, according to Reuters. That mix will then be discharged just over half a mile from shore. https://futurism.com/the-byte/japan-plan-dump-radioactive-water-ocean?mc_cid=3f6b55f66b&mc_eid=d6aea6efd0 2 Official Mugentech Minecraft server: Please see thread in Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Huat Zai Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, The_King said: yes, i will be the future X men 5 Official Mugentech Minecraft server: Please see thread in Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bigbird Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Sg also dump rubbish in other countries too right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 33 minutes ago, Bigbird said: Sg also dump rubbish in other countries too right? What do u mean? I thot we incinerate at the south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Homelander said: What do u mean? I thot we incinerate at the south I think Sg export some of our trash oversea to buried. Some countries have complained! I think its those plastics! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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