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Fukushima wastewater released into the ocean, China bans all Japanese seafood (www.reuters.com)

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Japan exported about $600 million worth of aquatic products to China in 2022, making it the biggest market for Japanese exports, with Hong Kong second. Sales to China and Hong Kong accounted for 42% of all Japanese aquatic exports in 2022, according to government data.

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Read it again. Not what they said.

[-] culprit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

if you live there for a year it’s 44000 μSv, or 44 mSv

44 x 3 = 132 which is GREATER than 100

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

You can’t compare exposure over 3 years to a limit for one year.

Radiation damage depends on time period of exposure.

[-] culprit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

the graph on the map is μSv/h

using the crosshairs shows 29.88 μSv/h at the waterfront by the plant

that is 0.02988 μSv/h = 261.7488 mSv/a

so not a place I'd want to get food from to say the least

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's on land. Where a whole bunch of various radionuclides have concentrated and remain fixed in place.

This "wastewater release" that's being discussed is the release of low-intensity tritium that will immediately dilute into the whole ocean. You're comparing apples to moonrocks. Completely different things.