sb_747 t1_ja7wqx1 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Reply to comment by TranscendentalViolet in As Tokyo Electric Power Co. moves closer to discharging tons of stored water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, local opposition has intensified and cries of betrayal are being heard by DoremusJessup

> Not saying you’re wrong, but there’s good reason to doubt businesses when they say the solution to pollution is dilution.

But it isn’t just a business.

It’s every nuclear authority on the planet saying it’s safe.

TranscendentalViolet t1_ja8gmpc wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:57 PM

Well, the nuclear regulation authority in the article is a department in Japan’s government, presumably at least somewhat beholden to politicians and therefore TEPCo and other businesses as well. Do you have info on a non biased organization which corroborates their conclusion?

Again, it may be completely safe, and probably is. But the reason the”solution to pollution is dilution” was used as justification for waste disposal while creating horrible environmental disasters is because each individual polluting act is just as they say - essentially harmless to the environment. It’s the consistent release of pollutants over a long period of time which destroys the environment, and it’s been 12 years since the tsunami, and this is hardly the first irradiated water they’ve released.