Fukushima’s Radioactive Water will go into the Ocean

So today I learnt that you can literally cool down the melted nuclear wastes with water. It takes millions of tons of water to cool down the failed nuclear reactor at Fukushima.

Japan has decided, after nearly a decade, to release the radioactive water into the ocean but only after it has been diluted.

“The released water will contain the radioactive material tritium, which the government has said poses little risk to human health when diluted. But fishermen have opposed the government’s plan, citing reputational damage that this discharge could cause on fishing products from Fukushima Prefecture.”

Japan’s regulations allow water containing 60,000 becquerels of tritium per liter to be released from ordinary nuclear facilities into the ocean.

That is relatively safe for humans.

Tritium is a by-product in nuclear reactors but also found naturally in the human body.

Basically, you can literally dilute the radioactive water to a point where it is relatively safe for animals and humans.

I would never have thought of that.

Studies have shown that the impact of releasing tritium-infected water into the environment is negligible.

Goes to show you just how big the ocean really is.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 2011 during the tsunami and forced nearly 100,000 residents to evacuate the area.

Fukushima remains largely uninhabitable till today and its radioactivity is still high.

I do hope we have a break through in cold fusion technology soon.

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