As titled, this came up while I was discussing with my family and I cannot come up with a reason as to why they “have” to dump it in the ocean, as opposed to keeping said contaminated water in tanks underground until decade’s or centuries later when the contamination is negligible, with a big sign on top saying “DO NOT TOUCH UNTIL -“. Dumping it in the ocean risks contamination as well as directly impacting their exports and relationships with nearby countries, as well as possible irreversible effects on the ocean eco-system.
So why? What am I missing?
In: Earth Science
Well the problem is they are constantly generating radioactive water.
Its not that they have to. Its that unless they get more money and build more tanks they will have to.
That being said, diluting it and dumping it isn’t that bad of an idea. The only thing they can’t filter out before the dump is tritium, and diluted down to what qualifies as safe levels usually means levels that amount to like an extra hour of sunlight a year.
Tritium in particular is super harmless. Its “radioactive decay” is essentially spitting out an electron.
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