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Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)

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[-] xep@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's the IAEA report: https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/iaea_comprehensive_alps_report.pdf

The discharge limit for tritium is pre-defined in the Government Policy for discharges of ALPS treated water as 22 TBq per year, which is equivalent to the pre-accident discharge limits at FDNPS.

I'm also curious about how much discharge nuclear generators normally produce. If they discharge a certain amount as part of normal operation then it seems to me to also become a function of how many nuclear generators are being operated globally.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

seems like might be worse than the report lets on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/24/fukushima-fish-with-180-times-legal-limit-of-radioactive-cesium-fuels-water-release-fears

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Hasn’t got anything to do with this release. Clearly radiative material was received during the accident. That will have made it into the food chain and some fish living near plant will have absorbed some.

This release is about the gradual release of treated water which is measured to be below the existing limit.