OrganicRedditor t1_jdhsbka wrote
"On Wednesday, the plant's monitoring equipment detected that more radioactive water, hundreds of gallons worth, had leaked out since crews made temporary repairs, and it had reached the groundwater. Officials say the contaminated water, containing the radioactive isotope tritium, has not yet reached the Mississippi River, which runs next to the plant. " Hope they can stop the leaks!
JRockPSU t1_jdhyw09 wrote
Shoulda used Flex Seal, that shit’ll stop anything.
gaynewretzky t1_jdi40m9 wrote
Didn’t work on my gutters
Dazzling-Finger7576 t1_jdijc1l wrote
Doesn’t work against water, only against leaks.
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Kajiic t1_jdix1qa wrote
Just slap it right on your butt. There you go. No more poop.
Not_Quite_Kielbasa t1_jdjjht1 wrote
That's a LOT of DAMAGE.
PoppinKREAM t1_jdizor5 wrote
The tritium isotope released is very, very little. Humans are exposed to far more tritium than what has leaked.
>Valerie Myers, a health physicist with the NRC, told WCCO last week that [the amount of tritium that's in the water is negligible.
>"If we look at the dose impact of something like this, it would be a fraction of a milligram. I'm talking 0.00-something milligrams. The average person will get 300 milligram in a year just from the sun, the ground, everything," Myers said.
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FunDare7325 t1_jdjufyx wrote
These arguments are the worst. 'the amount you would be exposed to suddenly, or all at once is waaayyy less than you would in an entire year combined so why are you even worried?''
scrabble71 t1_jdjwe6t wrote
They’re saying the amount you would be suddenly exposed to is 100 times less than what you are normally exposed to per day. Sounds pretty good to me.
It’s not great that radioactive water is leaking but it’s good to put it into context so people can try and understand how dangerous this is.
RoboProletariat t1_jdjxzck wrote
"how radiation works" can't be packed into a five minute video, so most people are totally ignorant on the topic. Even an hour of education wouldn't cover much more than vocabulary and concepts.
ThellraAK t1_jdjze3i wrote
It's why it's so important to use a banana for scale.
FunDare7325 t1_jdm5ao3 wrote
For real though, it's universal and everyone would understand.
Mczern t1_jdmw1q7 wrote
Plus bananas are naturally radioactive. it's the perfect example.
SyntheticCorners28 t1_jdojjgo wrote
The dentist uses the banana scale when I ask about x-ray radiation every time.
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