There is a long article in two parts "Radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi: What should be done?" [1,2] which was previously discussed here at Hacker News [3]

There is a long article in two parts "Radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi: What should be done?" [1,2] which was previously discussed here at Hacker News [3]. The thing I find most interesting is that even the Fukushima fishermen agree that dumping the water will be harmless, but they are still very opposed to it because they think consumers will be irrationally scared and not buy fish caught in the Fukushima region. > Over the course of our long conversation, Sawada frankly acknowledged that the scientific consensus indicates very low risk if the water is released. “It’s not a question of scientific understanding,” he said. “We understand that tritiated water is released from other nuclear power plants in Japan and around the world. But we think it will be impossible for the public in general to understand why tritium is considered low risk, and expect there will be a large new backlash against Fukushima marine products no matter how scientifically it is explained.” I pointed out that the [fishery] coops agreed to the release of the subdrain and bypass water from Daiichi, and asked what was different about this. He pointed out that in those cases, the water is pumped out before it is contaminated, and the public seems to understand that the contamination levels are already very low. [1] https://blog.safecast.org/2018/06/part-1-radioactive-water-at-fukushima-daiichi-what-should-be-done/ https://blog.safecast.org/2018/06/part-1-radioactive-water-a... [2] https://blog.safecast.org/2018/06/part-2-radioactive-water-at-fukushima-daiichi-what-should-be-done/ https://blog.safecast.org/2018/06/part-2-radioactive-water-a... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304208