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> They've already tried sanctioning Korea and Japan over petty issues like Fukushima water waste. Well China wasn't the only one with concerns, but probably th
by lmz 2y ago
> They've already tried sanctioning Korea and Japan over petty issues like Fukushima water waste.
Well China wasn't the only one with concerns, but probably the only one with the balls to sanction: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fukushima.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/asia/korea-japan-fu... - and why shouldn't they?
- ethbr1 2y agoBecause it's filtered radioactive water, released over 30 years? The main thing that won't be filtered is tritium, which already exists in the ocean, and has an ~12 year half life. People get irrational where radiation is concerned, though.
- mlyle 2y agoThe radiation can't be detected even a couple of kilometers away from the discharge. China is >1000km away, so there's 6+ orders of magnitude more dilution by then. If I pee in the lake you're swimming in, that's kind of gross... but it ends up being an incomprehensibly tiny fraction of the contaminants and gross stuff you're swimming in.