A short thread about why I am not concerned about Fukushima releasing waste water into the Pacific, nor should you.
Tritium is a very weak beta emitter and the water is highly diluted.
Eating a delicious and nutritious banana will give you similar risk:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_eq…
Tritium is a very weak beta emitter and the water is highly diluted.
Eating a delicious and nutritious banana will give you similar risk:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_eq…
The world is full of natural radiation, in the oceans, soil, and air. We live with radiation all the time.
An extreme example is this beach in Brazil, which will will give you a higher dose than working in a nuclear power plant for a year:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari
An extreme example is this beach in Brazil, which will will give you a higher dose than working in a nuclear power plant for a year:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari
A CT chest scan will give you a dose of 7-10 mSv, (millisieverts).
A 1,000 mSv dose will get you pretty sick.
A lethal dose is about 3,500 mSv.
(That's about 3.5 million bananas).
webmd.com/cancer/radiati…
A 1,000 mSv dose will get you pretty sick.
A lethal dose is about 3,500 mSv.
(That's about 3.5 million bananas).
webmd.com/cancer/radiati…
I didn't see any news on the dilution target they're aiming for, but generally a dose rate of 1 mSv is the maximum level allowed by public health authorities for tritium release.
Here's a fact sheet from the Canadian nuclear regulator:
Chill out!
End.
nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Fact_…
Here's a fact sheet from the Canadian nuclear regulator:
Chill out!
End.
nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Fact_…
Just found this nice article in Forbes, penned by the always-intelligent James Conca. It covers everything I mentioned in my tweet & more, with more precise data as well.
This is a science question, not a politics question. Let scientists deal with it.
forbes.com/sites/jamescon…
This is a science question, not a politics question. Let scientists deal with it.
forbes.com/sites/jamescon…
Last one and then I'm done with this story.
Yes, if you're curious, Chinese nuke plants dispose of tritium this way too, just like everyone else.
Here's a Chinese conference paper discussing tritium releases at Qinshan nuclear power plant near Shanghai.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
Yes, if you're curious, Chinese nuke plants dispose of tritium this way too, just like everyone else.
Here's a Chinese conference paper discussing tritium releases at Qinshan nuclear power plant near Shanghai.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
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