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Evolve Dammit

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1. Once again earthlings, there is no safe disposal of this waste. We will all suffer for any releases.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2022, 08:22 PM

May 2022

Atmospheric, oceanic, or buried and entering groundwater. The detonations from combined nuclear nations testing alone have raised levels enough to be measured.

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Japan OKs plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant wastewater [View all] Omaha Steve May 2022 OP

Once again earthlings, there is no safe disposal of this waste. We will all suffer for any releases. Evolve Dammit May 2022 #1

Bullshit. NNadir May 2022 #7

Not Bullshit. Magoo48 May 2022 #14

Anyone who makes a statement that highly diluted tritium is... NNadir May 2022 #15

Given that we can measure incredibly small increases of radioactive material NickB79 May 2022 #21

so what is a "safe level" of radiation? Has it been defined? Evolve Dammit May 2022 #23

that is a lot of big water tanks lapfog_1 May 2022 #2

The plan they've been pushing for years is just to give up containing the water NullTuples May 2022 #9

Why can't the same water be reused for cooling? Owl May 2022 #16

The tsunami destroyed the plant's cooling systems, causing the meltdown of three reactors. Lasher May 2022 #3

It wasn't the force of the tsumani; it was putting the emergency generators in the basement NullTuples May 2022 #10

No meaningful difference. Lasher May 2022 #17

My point is the location wasn't the problem; minimizing cost was the problem NullTuples May 2022 #18

So the location wasn't a problem until they made it so by eliminating the hill. Lasher May 2022 #22

Approved! What other choice do they have? keithbvadu2 May 2022 #4

Tritium removal systems are in use elsewhere; TEPCO/Japan is taking the cheaper route NullTuples May 2022 #19

Send it on down to Mar a Lardo Blue Owl May 2022 #5

Good. It's long been a wasteful paean to ignorance to spend the money to store it. NNadir May 2022 #6

What's a little plutonium among friends? Kid Berwyn May 2022 #24

One of the interesting things about anti-nukes is how willing they are to display ignorance. NNadir May 2022 #25

Reactor 3 ran plutonium enriched fuel. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #26

Yeah, and what? NNadir May 2022 #27

Not with TEPCO dumping nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #28

I made myself clear. It is a waste of time to discuss facts with anti-nukes... NNadir May 2022 #29

You didn't educate anyone. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #30

Japan may have approved those plans, Bayard May 2022 #8

wow messed up rockfordfile May 2022 #11

Worse shit comes out of any coal power plant in normal operation. hunter May 2022 #13

Yikes. 2naSalit May 2022 #12

Good. That will go a long way to protect ocean life NickB79 May 2022 #20