Why not dropping that to the Sahara or to any remote desert that nobody lives?
Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean may not be safe
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Re: Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean may not be safe
#12Tritium is already present in the ocean naturally and we are not talking about Nuclear Waste, as the title suggests, but clean water. We also cannot compare the tritium with mercury, because tritium, even if released in the ocean, decays away. Mecury, on the other hand, stays forever. The concerns that the water will affect marine life might be well intended but will cause more harm than good. In the worst possible c…
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Richmod may be an expert in his field. But even he couldn't point to anything that could actually happen.
His report, and that of his colleagues, is intentionally vague, with no predictions and lot of FUD. Seriously, there is not a single thing they point to and say: "This could happen!"
It's almost as if tritium wasn't that problematic and they were trying to get people who payed them for the study at least something for their troubles.
Tritium has half-life of 12 years, into helium. It isn't something that would persist for generations in considerable levels.
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#13Before anyone responds or makes a judgement, they should give a single minute of their lives to reading about tritium, the isotope ONE of the scientist is concerned about. Wikipedia[0] will do the trick if you have no other options.
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#14Two things I am concerned about: The radioactive core is moving and will eventually be in contact with the water. It may already be. Does anyone know?[1] If a dump of water used for cooling is a concern (and it is for me personally and I am open to learning it is not), is our situation not far more grave given eventual contact with the water and this source multiplied by however many world water cycles of contact wil…
To answer your question. The risk is minimal to nonexistent. Tritium, the thing ONE of the scientists is concerned about, is an isotope of hydrogen. It's barely radioactive, and it has half life of about 12 years. You may know it as the stuff that illuminates watch faces and sights. It's used in many other industrial applications and as far as radioactive elements goes If you read the actual article you may see it's…
Tritium is highly radioactive (358 TBq/g). Otherwise it wouldn't make phosphors glow in the dark.
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#15The Japanese have lots of credits on environmental issues: it's one of the cleanest country I've ever seen, so I'm willing to trust them if they say the waste water dumping plan is safe.
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#16Tritium is already present in the ocean naturally and we are not talking about Nuclear Waste, as the title suggests, but clean water. We also cannot compare the tritium with mercury, because tritium, even if released in the ocean, decays away. Mecury, on the other hand, stays forever. The concerns that the water will affect marine life might be well intended but will cause more harm than good. In the worst possible c…
Right, it’s all safe and fine as long as we don’t release the water into your own backyard and swimming pool.
Re: Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean may not be safe
#17Why not dropping that to the Sahara or to any remote desert that nobody lives?
Logistics... Where is Japan and where is Sahara
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#18Why not dropping that to the Sahara or to any remote desert that nobody lives?
They are dumping 1 Million metric tons of water over a period of 30 years.
Even if China allow them to dump the water into the Gobi desert, it'd still cost billions of dollar to build and operate the pipeline. It'd never happen.
Re: Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean may not be safe
#19Why not dropping that to the Sahara or to any remote desert that nobody lives?
Well because some people actually do live in Sahara
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Yes, I am a researcher and a Ph.D. student in the field of nuclear reactor physics. I regularly operate and do experiments on a research nuclear reactor. My name is in my hn username and I have no problem defending my claims. I also own a popular TikTok account where I do science communication about nuclear reactors. My information about the water discharge comes from reports by IAEA, who is the authority on the matt…
Out of curiosity, why do you write 'Thritium' for 'Tritium'?