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Correct me if I'm wrong please. I seem to recall reading that this waste water is below background radiation levels in the Pacific Ocean?
Am I missing some info here, or is the "nuclear scary" folks just being vocal?
That is correct.
I thought that as well. I have nothing against nuclear energy and thought the whole thing was just being blown out of proportion. Then I looked into it again and learned that it's not just trace amounts of tritium, but likely a bunch of other much more long-lived isotopes. TEPCO and Japanese regulators aren't processing the water appropriately, and they aren't testing for many common radioisotopes. This is genuinely concerning.
if that was the case, why would the Korean government and iaea be saying its fine as the article says?
I'm not quite sure. The whole situation is really strange.