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A row developed over the controversial decision to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.

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[–] Sterile_Technique 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Radioactive" doesn't really mean shit without a dosage. It's a scary word and all, but pretty much everything is radioactive to some extent. You can literally measure it using bananas.

So, how much radioactive water are we talking about? How radioactive is that water? At what rate is it being released into the ocean? How much radiation can the local plants and critters tolerate before it becomes a health risk for them?

And the most important question: is sushi about to become affordable??

[–] alvvayson 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the past ten years, South Korea has already released five times as much tritium in the Sea of Japan than Fukushima will release.

Nobody stopped eating sushi.

But this time it's scary because Fukushima is scary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Which is all thanks to the fossil fuels industry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

BRB, going to South Korea for luminance engine fuel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno, man. I can get sushi for the same price as a big Mac meal now. Not because it's gotten cheap, though. It's because Big Macs meals are like $15 for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because they learned they can price gouge ever increasing amounts and people keep paying it