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Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago by abc@lemmus.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago

I was curious why they don’t evaporate it. That was actually an idea and the reasons why are mentioned in this Reuters article from 2015: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fukushima-water-idUSKBN0MZ0WC20150408

But basically, it would condense and fall as rain and wouldn’t really be any better, and less control where it ended up. I had hoped maybe they would end up with clean water and a lot of remnants left behind but it sounds like the elements go up with the vapor.

I also found this factoid on Wikipedia: Tritium has leaked from 48 of 65 nuclear sites in the US. Fun!