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Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

We probably should measure around France too, they seem to release 500 times the amount of water to the sea https://www.cn.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100194021.pdf

A total of 44 fish with cesium levels above 100 becquerels per kg have been found in the Fukushima plant port between May 2022 and May 2023, Tepco confirmed, with 90% of those caught in or near the inner breakwater.

Is the article really talking about 44 fish?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is a difference between contaminated water, like in Fukushima, and regular non-contaminated cooling water. There should be no radioactive contaminants in the water that the French nuclear power plants release.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well actually cooling water is bombarded with neutrons, which transforms hydrogen atoms into deuterium and radioactive tritium. It's just generally regarded as harmless (probably because there's no good way to test for bioaccumulation.)

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