@GottaLaff A lot of people won't agree, but from all I've seen, this is really no big deal. They've removed all the contaminants they can, and what remains is at lower levels than companies all over the world are already free to release.
The only problem is that it is radioactive. Probably less so than someone's granite countertops, but radioactive is a word that scares a lot of people and which has been used to influence mobs for years.
@GottaLaff Meh, it’s not a big deal now. Just being used as clickbait. There’s much better stuff to be activist about with Fukushima. Like the fact that it happened in the first place because bureaucrats started cutting corners on safety and stopped working with outside inspectors. And they STILL don’t want to cooperate internationally and therefore most Japanese plants are still shut down even though people’s energy bills are ridiculous this year.
@MichelleRNCHPN@GottaLaff ...hmm... I guess "treated" means that they've filtered out as much stuff as they can. But there's nothing they can do to separate the tritium-water from the regular-water.
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Yep. My son always marvels at my ability to go to worst case scenario. He of course hasn't seen what I have seen, and I didn't share everything with him.
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I know I overshared many things, and he is the first to say this.
I introduced him to science thinking he might want to do something in that area.
Nope. Ends up with a degree in theater and does sound for theater. He is happy and no bodily fluids are involved. ;)
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I didn't see my son in the arts, so there you have it.
I am just thrilled he loves what he does and can pay the bills.
Super thrilled he landed at the Old Globe after the height of the pandemic.
@GottaLaff all possible. It’s the cooling water used to cool the overheated core. It’s full of radioactive hydrogen and carbon particles and the water is treated to reduce the radioactivity to “near” background level and they theorize the ocean will buffer it down the rest of the way. But no one really knows how dangerous it is to life. Local fishermen are unhappy.
@Bam@MichelleRNCHPN@GottaLaff Last week, NPR did a really good piece on the treated water, with Miles O’Brien and the chief nuclear scientist in charge. …my take away, comparing it to drinking water.
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Yes and that takes me to the scene in the movie Erin Brockovich where she offers the officials from PG & E a glass of water from Hinkley, California (where they knew the water was contaminated) and the recoiled.
I understand this is a complicated issue, just want to see those making the decisions actually drink the water if you know what I mean.
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