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TEPCO may consider discharging contaminated water into sea: IAEA
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| 12/4/2013
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Posted on 12/04/2013 3:27:26 PM PST by ransomnote
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fukushima; japan; radiation; tepco
The IAEA sent a mission to Japan to monitor the "decomissioning" (what? after 3 melt downs?). That person, Juan Carlos Lentijo, is "floating" the idea that Japan should flush all the contaminated water they've stored into the ocean. Now that overlooks the other 3-400+ tons of radioactive water that Fukushima is already flushing into the ocean. Instead, the "big idea" is to stop storing the highly radioactive water they've put in tanks near the reactor. To "sweeten the deal", this IAEA representative noted that controlled discharges of radiation are regular practice in all the nuclear facilities in the world. Yes, all nuclear power plants are permitted to release "controlled" amounts of radioactive gases as part of normal operations and so the rep is trying to suggest that post melt down runoff that's been collected should be part of that practice. He goes on to say that Japan can't store the water forever and they must balance the risks involved. Before anyone bothers to remind me how big the ocean, I'll point out that according to the IAEA, fish bioconcentrate radioactive waste by a factor of 100 (the fish bodies contain 100 times the amount of radioactive waste then the water in which they live) and walruses concentrate by a factor of 1000 times. Further, about 6 months after Fukushima, 15 out of 15 fish tested in San Diego by a Wood's Hole marine biologist contained trace amounts of Fukushima radiation. Now, it's been over two years of constant daily dumping of radioactive wastes into the ocean and that will continue for the foreseeable future. Watching the IAEA advise TEPCO to end any attempt to limit the amount of radioactive waste it's failed power plants is releasing is an admission that the nuclear power industry never wanted to make in the first place - if there is a melt down, they have absolutely no way to do anything about it - just vent the radioactive waste into the environment and move on to "better things", nothing to see here folks!
To: ransomnote
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:29:13 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
This summer I listened to a People’s Radio show on the disaster. A physicist claimed the water in those storage tanks was perfectly clean and below any international radioactivity standards. The only reason they are holding on to it is dumping it would be bad optics.
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:32:51 PM PST
by
DManA
To: ransomnote
Dilution is the solution to pollution.
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:45:15 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: ransomnote
Apparently the “defueling” isn’t going swimmingly?
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posted on
12/04/2013 3:48:02 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: DManA
Bad optics? Like Ben’s three eyed fish has bad optics?
To: Cyber Liberty
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posted on
12/04/2013 4:23:48 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: ransomnote
RUN a hose out to China and spray it over there.
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posted on
12/04/2013 4:42:27 PM PST
by
TomasUSMC
To: ransomnote
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posted on
12/05/2013 6:31:41 AM PST
by
Big Mack
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
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