This is a non issue. The ALPS water has been treated for every radio isotope except for tiritum, which is harmless. The release of this water will be a great case study for studying pacific ocean currents and that’s about it.
Could you source another article? Better to be backed with sources when disproving political claims on news websites.
So why is China so irked then?
Because that’s what they do. Find any reason to feel slighted by ‘the other countries’ so they can hold it against them.
Why bring China here? This has been contentious for years and across many groups, both locals (e.g. japanese fishermen) and foreign (I don’t see what gives China precedence over these concerns than any of these groups).
Though I’m no more of a nuclear waste expert than the next shitposter here, last I checked, the amount of radiation was well within safe levels (otherwise this option wouldn’t be on the table), water is damn good at shielding against the effects of radiation (hence why almost all the fissile fuel is stored in some form of pool or another), and the active radioisotopes had a very short half-life (meaning that whatever impact it might still have today, it will be marginal a decade from now).
If that holds up against fact checking and scientific evidence, then by all means!
Wasn’t saying other ones are good, just that this one is bad.
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Not just China! That’s radioactive waste being poured into ocean water! What the shit! That’s so polluting!
