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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Can someone with knowledge chime in to tell how bad that is? I don't trust this article or China for that matter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the IAEA report: https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/iaea_comprehensive_alps_report.pdf

The discharge limit for tritium is pre-defined in the Government Policy for discharges of ALPS treated water as 22 TBq per year, which is equivalent to the pre-accident discharge limits at FDNPS.

I'm also curious about how much discharge nuclear generators normally produce. If they discharge a certain amount as part of normal operation then it seems to me to also become a function of how many nuclear generators are being operated globally.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hasn’t got anything to do with this release. Clearly radiative material was received during the accident. That will have made it into the food chain and some fish living near plant will have absorbed some.

This release is about the gradual release of treated water which is measured to be below the existing limit.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

I guess we'll see what things look like once it happens.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t trust this article or China for that matter.

Then I guess it's a good thing that this is Japan we are talking about.

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

I'm fairly confident they were referring to the criticism from China FTA, but you'd need to read past the headline for that context so...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes that was it. Chinas comments have been over the top for a bunch of issues in the past, there's no reason to just presume their stance has merit.

Especially since they are starting fires again rn regarding Taiwan and Japan in different context.