Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima radioactive water into ocean

Treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant is being released into the Pacific Ocean starting Thursday. Japan is asking its G7 allies to get behind the release - part of an ongoing cleanup at the plant more than a decade after one of the worst nuclear accidents in history. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer hears from locals concerned about the release and from representatives of the company in charge of the cleanup who say it would be safe.
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[@barryhoward7284]

If a gigantic lizard-like creature comes out of the ocean breathing fire and attacks Tokyo, we'll know why.

[@sumerbc7409]

There's only a small 3.185% chance that will happen, don't worry about it ha

[@Dr.DisrespectFan918]

Like in the simpsons 😂

[@thaitanium35]

GODZILLAAAAA is real!!

[@ronaldlatour924]

Godzilla….‼️

[@chrissyrhone524]

Lol

[@nirvana3921]

As a Singaporean🇸🇬. I would say that the world can do without Japan, but never without the ocean.

[@jojoliu-yc5pg]

Agree！！

[@びんづめ]

日本人として同意しますが、海を利用出来なくなるようなことはしないです

[@ektherising]

Copy and paste overload.

[@dononi2806]

Indian China.

[@lichaoliu]

i am totally agree with you

[@andresmattos7541]

Two years later 🇯🇵: We have completed the release. We are truly sorry (bows). Twenty years later 🇯🇵: This was something done by people in the past, and it has nothing to do with us now. We are also victims (sobbing). Fifty years later 🇯🇵: Radioactive wastewater? What radioactive wastewater? There was no such thing as radioactive wastewater in history!

[@lyrilljackson]

[@l_sx8722]

[@hikarrrr209]

[@anotherone4071]

Oh. That happened before as well. To so many victims in neighboring countries during its imperialist period.

[@xh8397]

TRUE!

[@wodemoshou]

Today I search breaking news on KZbin and didn’t even find anything relate to this. Then I searched again by adding Japan after breaking news keyword and still don’t find it on top news. You tell me there is no gov control in media? What a joke!

[@Anson_Tanson]

exactly correct

[@ektherising]

Major media know it's safe enough and not worth making a fuss

[@wodemoshou]

@@ektherising then Japan shouldn’t have waited for 11 years to release the water.

[@ektherising]

@@wodemoshou Unlike China, Japan is taking proper procedure and considered every option, then here's result.

[@wodemoshou]

@@ektherising a shameful act that will damage human health forever. There isn’t a known procedure to remove tritium and many other nuclear waste from water. This is as bad as Chernobyl’s nuclear power inciden(level 7) and today no one can even get closer to it. And you tell me those water going to ocean is fine? Stupid last forever. We are done

[@lifeisshort3472]

Imagine if China wants to do it, oh boy, the whole world will stand up and condemn China…lucky Japan is US friend

[@kuramahaydeeann]

Japan and US doing evil conspiracy game leads to quicker damnation of humanity.

[@wanxing3474]

world is of no justice

[@ektherising]

Chinese government is the only country having tantrum with it. The rest of world, even korea included is understanding this.

[@Alinaaaaaaa0114]

what you said is 100% correct

[@RasvonKoo]

Exactly, this world is sick and twisted

[@MachinegunJ]

The best way to prove that water is safe is to apply it to the production and daily life of the Japanese people. If there are no problems after 5 years , I have nothing to say about how much Japan emits😊

[@sekainiheiwa3650]

Be careful with the fish ! Now its toxic from Manchuria to Manchester ! I already dreaming cheap fish on the market and our family eating and eating and eating every single f day ....fresh tuna, sea bass.....

[@jimmielin1141]

Fishes are already dying around the area.

[@びんづめ]

​@@jimmielin1141嘘を撒き散らさないでください。 今日処理水の近くでとれた魚を調べたところ、検出された放射性物質はありませんでした。

[@BerlingTim-xp2ij]

​@@びんづめ200 times higher than normal

[@びんづめ]

@@BerlingTim-xp2ij What is higher than normal.

[@YoungWooPark84]

They are dumping this water into the Pacific, meaning this will not only affect Japanese fishermen but will also affect fish caught in Alaska or around Hawaii! Larger fishes like Tuna, which already has high levels of mercury, could accumulate radioactive materials. Why is no one mentioning this??

[@cjr4516]

They said they removed the radioactive materials besides tritium, which is a short lived isotope of hydrogen. This is not nearly as dangerous as mercury. Radioactive materials decay and disappear, mercury does not. I see no issue with this

[@Eric-nu3wh]

China’s nuclear power plants are releasing into the ocean radioactively contaminated water without any supervision at levels 6.5 times higher yearly than the amount set to be discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant annually

[@EntertheDragonChild]

China 🇨🇳 releases trillions of more gallons from each of its nuclear power plants!

[@Matt_with_2Ts]

Fish is plural for fish. The more you know.....

[@carmenreyes387]

This is the agenda

[@RasvonKoo]

How could we allow this to happen? This is just shameless. There are other ways to deal with such matter instead of dumping the water into the sea. I'm very upset that the US supported such an act just for geopolitical reasons.

[@patrick_lee]

the only country against it was China before it happened. because no one supported China to stop it, so it happens today. deal with it.

[@白彼洋]

Ask American politicians;) they are the ones who stood up for Japan😂

[@ektherising]

I really feel sorry for the people who has no access to outside world information and only to believe government propaganda. And end up posting uneducated comments.

[@azurecliff8709]

Do you know that China's nuclear power plants are actually polluting the ocean with far much more tritium than Fukushima??

[@动漫主角]

@@ektherisingand you have access to the most unbiased opinions?

[@chrislembke3823]

If its safe why wasn't it dumped into their lakes and rivers

[@timestory0323]

Exactly!!!

[@junkim3673]

Because this water is seawater. That means its salty and cannot be dumped into the river

[@chrislembke3823]

@junkim3673 really because they said alot of it is rain water run off and fresh water that's needed to be stored

[@lazzerex8779]

@@junkim3673 i mean, if that so, why dont they use it themselves instead of releasing? there are many usage of sea water right?

[@marcoswang5034]

@@junkim3673 That's NOT sea water, that comes from the rain falling down on the damaged radio reactor. that's fresh water.

[@emiliobello2538]

Save the oceans

[@Eric-nu3wh]

China’s nuclear power plants are releasing into the ocean radioactively contaminated water without any supervision at levels 6.5 times higher yearly than the amount set to be discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant annually

[@XEMP999]

it’s gonna kept on releasing for 30 years, and its gonna affect the whole Earth

[@XEMP999]

I don’t know how are they gonna try save or revert the change (you cant)

[@cocaineminor4420]

​@@XEMP999that means we can't eat fish or seafood anymore

[@zinnialin]

How about save the human race?

[@wjijie]

If the water is safe why not keep for your own use. What a liar.

[@PanZheng]

if it is so safe, why did the CBS correspondent wear a mask and those protective equipments?

[@pykemid3954]

lol she know it aint safe lmfaoo japanese scam

[@PanZheng]

​@@pykemid3954yea, the dilution is a joke too. Swimming pool says no pee in the pool, and I pee in a big bucket with water (diluted) and dump in the pool... What difference does it make??

[@mitsos512]

This is insane

[@zxj9638]

In fact , Japan’s nuclear polluted water is not that harmful. How do I know? I just bought a fish, and the fish grabbed my neck and told me

[@freeAA34672]

If no harm, leave the polluted water in Japan not in the ocean. Make sense?

[@azurecliff8709]

The treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has already been released into the ocean, but Japanese people continue to eat Fukushima marine fish as usual. It's true ❢ 🐟🐟🐟🦐

[@monhorze2725]

The US government allowed it，or Japan would never dare to do this ，really father and son，if China or Russia try to do the same thing，the US will be hero of human kind again to blame even show some military threaten.

[@JasonG761]

exactly😂

[@likevin3087]

And the how dare girl will be there:“how dare you”

[@ginopanthers5070]

Born and raised by the sea (Pacific ocean). My children cannot go to swim in the sea now. No more seafood as well. What did I do to be treated like this.

[@professorpengu502]

How dare they release safe tested water into the ocean think of my kids😢

[@cozy6308]

I dont think you know but we're already swimming in water with tritium on it for decades now and the same country (China) that made the dramatic speech about how japan is "extremely selfish and irresponsible" is also doing this "The annual amount of tritium contained in the treated and diluted water to be released from the plant in Fukushima is capped at 22 trillion becquerels. Chinese nuclear energy sector data show the Qinshan power plant in Zhejiang Province released 218 trillion becquerels of tritium in 2021."

[@hollybock8463]

If they could invent something to take out all the radioactive elements and “treat” it then they’d have enough money to actually deal with the problem although they did have enough money already but that was all spent buying everyone off on publicity that the treated water is safe which should really clear things up on where their priorities are.

[@jbenson989]

RIP marine life of all kinds

[@PlutozReal]

Not even remotely accurate

[@cjr4516]

This will have no effect on marine life LOL

[@dean9235]

​@@PlutozRealYou're a chemical scientist, specialist in nuclear fallout and pollution, I expect.

[@revanzhou7971]

true dude@@cjr4516

[@thomaskatze7085]

@@PlutozReal drink a glass of that water everyday for a year and then draw your conclusion lol

[@emeraldbreeze5204]

The treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has already been released into the ocean, but Japanese people continue to eat Fukushima marine fish as usual. 🐟🐟🐟🦐

[@world0n99]

If Japan can do it, that means any other countries could do the same.

[@Eric-nu3wh]

China’s nuclear power plants are releasing into the ocean radioactively contaminated water without any supervision at levels 6.5 times higher yearly than the amount set to be discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant annually

[@monkeyboykc3190]

The US is polluted with this

[@darthvadeth6290]

Any country, except China 😅 If China does 1/1000th of what Japan is doing, all of Western dominated medias would be covering this 24/7 nonstop for weeks and months. Every US politician from both Democrats and Republicans would be on TV talking about how China is a danger to the world 😂

[@kentozapater8972]

They are doing, Korea and China is doing the same Edit: nevermind , it's pointless to argue with these Koreans and Chinese

[@原子能-s5x]

@@kentozapater8972No they are different. The sewage released from Fukushima directly touched the nuclear reactor, but other nuclear waste water only got touch with the shell of the reactor

[@LeeStarkYEKONG]

If it's so safe, use it, don't dump it. If it's not safe, definitely don't dump it. If your plan is to dilute something dangerous by dumping it in the ocean, it is crime.

[@professorpengu502]

It's seawater doofus

[@heidihill2361]

That means fish is off the menu, and I will never be swimming in the ocean again.. Japan is blatantly destroying our oceans.

[@to04buk]

Japan : its safe to drink then drink it, dont waste

[@chovylau]

Firstly, why does Japan deliberately emphasize that tritium has been diluted, but always evades other radioactive nuclides? The Japanese side claims that after processing, these nuclides have already met national safety standards before being discharged into the sea. But it is well known that the contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant contains more than 60 radioactive nuclides, many of which have no effective treatment technology except for tritium. Moreover, the so-called "reaching the standard" does not mean no, dilution does not mean removal, and the total amount will not decrease. No matter how Japan defends itself, it cannot change the fact that a large number of harmful nuclides are released into the sea, which may cause unpredictable harm to the marine environment and human health. Secondly, why does Japan not conduct comprehensive and systematic marine environmental monitoring? The current monitoring plan of Japan is not systematic and comprehensive, and does not monitor all emitted nuclides. The monitoring medium is limited in marine biological species, which cannot meet the needs of long-term impact assessment of marine ecology. Based solely on the current monitoring methods and data released by the Japanese side, claiming that the discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water into the sea is safe and harmless lacks scientific basis, making it difficult to convince. Currently, most of the data released by the Japanese side is sampled, tested, and released by TEPCO. Considering the notorious practices of East Electric Company in tampering, concealing, and falsifying data, the international community has ample reason to doubt the authenticity and credibility of its data. Thirdly, why does Japan refuse other stakeholders to participate in the establishment of an international monitoring mechanism? The Japanese side has put the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the forefront as a "shield", claiming that other countries' participation in monitoring must be under the IAEA's leading framework and can only be joined after consultation and agreement with the IAEA. However, in fact, the current IAEA monitoring framework does not involve other countries or international organizations on site, which cannot be considered true international monitoring and seriously lacks transparency. If Japan has sufficient confidence in security, it should actively support the establishment of long-term monitoring international arrangements with full and effective participation of all stakeholders, including third-party monitoring independently implemented by other countries

[@superpie6878]

this world is crazy,human is crazy

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

Because our environment isn't having issues at all...

[@cjr4516]

This won’t have any effect on the environment

[@Eric-nu3wh]

true but...China’s nuclear power plants are releasing into the ocean radioactively contaminated water without any supervision at levels 6.5 times higher yearly than the amount set to be discharged from the Fukushima nuclear power plant annually also While pledging to reduce carbon emissions, the country is greatly increasing its use of the fossil fuel to generate electricity. China has an answer to the heat waves now affecting much of the Northern Hemisphere: burn more coal to maintain a stable electricity supply for air-conditioning coal is up 300% since 1998

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

@Eric-nu3wh What does that have to do with Japan? Why are you trying to change the subject? How does one place, being a horrible polluter, have anything to do with the pollution of another? I mean, other than being a whataboutism in some feeble attempt to change the narrative...

[@DaiqianLin]

@@Eric-nu3wh China China China China China China, blah blah blah, it's like my neighbor's Hachiko barking

[@西瓜刀不含糖]

​@@Eric-nu3wh一个核污水和核废水都不知道是什么的人就不要发表科学观念来愚民咯😅

[@rainac.9709]

Sooner or later, we will see a real Godzilla in real life. Thanks, Japan!

[@mingdali6456]

What would the media look like if China did the same thing?😄

[@user-nb7gu9vy7p]

IF the water are safe and no problem.... why dont they release the water inside Japanese lake or in land ? Why dump out the ocean ??????

[@ektherising]

It's even safer when diluted by ocean.

[@adriannehuang6509]

@@ektherising you mean it is unsafe to keep it within Japan …

[@user-nb7gu9vy7p]

I think Japan should keep all the safe water themself = ) ... why so nice to share it !!!!!!

[@CommunistBook]

All nations should united to prevent Japan from polluting the ocean!

[@josephwoo4238]

The US will disagree with you.

[@josephwoo4238]

The US will disagree with you.

[@azurecliff8709]

Do you know that South Korean's nuclear power plants are actually polluting the ocean with far much more tritium than Fukushima??

[@davidhan9979]

Too late. Neighboring countries tried to warn about this and world didn't give shyt for 5 years.

[@professorpengu502]

If people cared about Japan releasing treated water they should of done something about the Chinese releasing untreated water

[@aednarbmaycock8555]

If it's safe just recycle it use it in Japan. It's safe right so you wouldn't be scared to use it in your peoples daily life don't dump it into our oceans

[@614ak47]

Super bad deal 🤢 cause and effect 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀.

[@chatterbugmm]

Can we agree that nuclear energy is far from being a good answer.

[@SE-gs6gd]

It’s the waste that’s the problem. It degrades very slowly and we running out of places to store it

[@jayytee8062]

@@SE-gs6gd Ah, No.

[@SE-gs6gd]

@@jayytee8062 ummmm....yes

[@vitawong6767]

if the water is safe, then it is no need to dump, it can be cold down and reuse!!!

[@alundavies1016]

Finally, Godzilla water

[@flesz_]

Japanese should have stuck to producing honda machines only

[@cosmicb699]

And they want us to drive electric cars to stop Climate crisis. 🤣

[@kevinwrw]

Glad that all US media described it as radioactive water instead wastewater because it is not just wastewater.

[@Joe-sm7lm]

Japan's latest action demonstrates that country's utter disregard for the health and safety of even its own people. What's equally abhorrent is America's approval. Both Japan and America should be condemned in the strongest terms.

[@dean9235]

And for the planet, oceans, whales, fish, waterways, people from their country and other countries

[@imdba3685]

Japan had not been honest about the situation back then from Day 1

[@professorpengu502]

How dare they release treated water into the ocean those dastardly japanese😢

[@carmenreyes387]

Oh dear Lord, help us!

[@emeraldbreeze5204]

By the way, what do the Chinese think about Uyghurs suffering from malformations due to the Chinese government's nuclear tests ❓

[@tigerone2353]

Thats it for me. No more McDonald's Filet-o-Fish sandwiches for me

[@sumerbc7409]

Buy ur canned fish, or frozen also i guess , from north Atlantic off the coast of Norway . It says on the can where the fish comes from and you can do internet search to find seafood from that area.

[@haoli5779]

Some people say this water will arrive in California in 3 month by the ocean current.

[@theuncomfortabletruth8348]

IAEA specifically inserted a statement saying they neither recommend nor endorse Japan's decision.

[@imdba3685]

At the beginning of the accident, it was only a level 2 accident. Since Japan handled it very " well " and made it to level 7 accident. Now Japan is bringing it up to level 100 - world destruction.

[@한본부장]

What the worst is that Japan plan to release it for 30 years. IAEA also said that " We aren't liable for the problems the wast water create.

[@littlezhou3599]

Radiation is particle-based, so the damage to egg cell DNA is a probability, not a strength. In the future, there will be many organisms with defects in organs and limbs.

[@professorpengu502]

It's been treated the only thing remaining in the water will evaporate within a few years

[@suikai2776]

Despite protests from neighboring countries and the world, Japan starts the discharge of a second batch of Fukushima nuclear contaminated alps into the sea on Thursday oct 5. Another total of about 7,800 tons of nuclear will be heading into the Pacific Ocean. The process will take 17 days meaning around 460 tons of nuclear a day to be released.

[@MrLuckybug]

Diluting does not reduce the total amount...It is just a word game.

[@ektherising]

Tritium's half life period is 12 years, so diluting and wait for the time to be gone makes sense.

[@MrLuckybug]

@@ektherising Well, that is half life. It will take 3 half life period for it to be less than 1/8 of its original strength, which is 36 years. During all these time, they are radioactive. From another perspective, why not just store on land and wait the half life there? This could be avoided and lives including yours and mine will be affected.

[@ektherising]

@@MrLuckybug Your concern is understandable, but what if discharged water is already harmless, It contains less than1500bq/l, which is even far less than WHO's drinking water quality standard. And that is about to be diluted by the ocean. When it's already negligible why do you need to worry about?

[@yoyolz3]

​@@ektherisingdiluted? The microplastic and mecury are also diluted, why are they in the fishes and our body? And I never trust the Japanese, and expecially the electric company that "treat" the 3 millions tons of water, they were known for faking the annual nuclear plant inspection report for almost 4 decades...google it

[@iseeflowers]

Why aren’t all the environmentalists saying anything?

[@zgrfori]

They even don’t know 😅

[@dianasong4594]

The world can live without Japan, but it can never live without oceans

[@igobykkat]

Feel sorry for the sea life near that area.

[@professorpengu502]

Why it won't even effect them

[@nevereverforever0010-uf9su]

my jaw... jus keeps dropping lower..n..lowerr..with every news article.. but iys the begining of the end wishing u all well.. an protection.. i salute u all fighting ur best to survive each day.. may financial help, n good health be ypurs. may god be with us, amen.

[@Inhumanes]

If it's technology removes all radio active compounds from the water then why isn't that water given a different use instead of releasing into the ocean?...

[@randyscrafts8575]

Fish will glow. Easy fishing.

[@carmenreyes387]

Sheldon did that already!

[@xuejinghe4582]

I used to trust Japanese products, but I never trust or buy any products that made in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Now I have to stop consuming any ocean products ocean fish, lobster, fish oil even seaweed😢 I feel so sad for the ocean animals when I was in aquarium today. They are so beautiful,innocent and helpless😢

[@professorpengu502]

You don't actually this won't effect them

[@billhsu6349]

If you think the water is really "treated", then you don't know about Japan.

[@kentozapater8972]

well, the IEAE has made an exhaustive review on this issue and its fine

[@yoyolz3]

​@@kentozapater8972 they inspect 3 million tons of water already? 😅

[@billhsu6349]

@@kentozapater8972 If its fine then why don't Japan keep it to themselves?

[@孙笑川-y8w]

@@kentozapater8972

[@kar4279]

Radioactive substances other than tritium contained in the treated water released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been reduced through purification to levels that are below the limit that can be detected by machines or to levels that are less than 1/100 of the regulatory standard value. So they do not harm the environment. As for tritium, it is a substance like hydrogen's brother, it is exchanged with hydrogen contained in water molecules and exists as a part of water, so it is very difficult to remove it by chemical methods. On the other hand, tritium is also produced in nature by cosmic rays and is also contained in water vapor in the air, rainwater, seawater, and tap water. Therefore, the amount of tritium emitted by the Fukushima nuclear power plant per year is only about 0.0007% of the tritium present in the Pacific Ocean, and the radiation emitted per liter of treated water is about one-fourth of the radiation emitted by a single human body. Additionally, the beta rays emitted by tritium have low energy, so they can only travel about 5 mm through the air, and can be intercepted with just a piece of paper. These are the reasons why nuclear facilities around the world are releasing tritium into the ocean. In 2021, 82 trillion becquerels of tritium were released into the ocean from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in the United States, 756 trillion becquerels from the Bruce nuclear power plant in Canada, and 10000 trillion becquerels from the La Hague reprocessing facility in France. This time, the amount of tritium released from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is 22 trillion becquerels. These are just examples; things like this happen all over the world.

[@yuriwu7754]

To be honest, Japan is not that necessary to exist in this world but ocean is😅😅😅😅

[@amcandy-v2y]

Japan is a nation that is always fussy about small courtesies and rubbish classification but totally gives up the big things such as humanity, and earth safety. I wonder why the USA was not against this!

[@Phoenix-95]

Because it's its dog.

[@darrendeng2437]

cuz the us is doing the same thing ...they are just not telling the truth...

[@小粉绿nmsl]

because the US government is evil too

[@illuminati2341]

Because Japan and South Korea are the big Asian puppets of the US thats why

[@trinitiusw6145]

Well in a few month’s time the water will reach California. If the reactor core water is so clean why not just keep it in Japan and use it for plants or washing instead of wasting energy and pumping it out to sea?

[@fate5453]

Besides Japan, China, South Korea, U.S., Canada, U.K., and France are also discharging treated radioactive water. Moreover, their amounts are two times to five hundred times larger than Japan's. Why is Japan criticized more than other countries even though it discharges less than other countries? If you think that Japan is the only country in the world that is discharging treated radioactive water, or that the amount of water discharged by Japan is more than that of other countries, you are incredibly uneducated.

[@sumerbc7409]

Now farm raised fish are more healthier than wild caught for the first time. At least they aren't radioactive.

[@西瓜刀不含糖]

海洋有水－雨循环系统，饲养鱼短期安全，长期没有一处安全😂

[@sumerbc7409]

@@西瓜刀不含糖 这听起来像是宣传阴谋论，对我来说是胡扯哈哈哈哈

[@LaoXieOnTheGo]

@@西瓜刀不含糖Water comes from rain is a little safer compared in ocean. There are more harmful things can not evaporate. That's why there are better plans existed.

[@jameslin2053]

The Japanese have opened Pandora's Box of the end of human civilization

[@tuesdae666]

Japanese experts presented their government with 5 different options to treat the water. The cheapest was to release into the ocean, so that's the one they chose.

[@suikai2776]

Japn is creating yet another disaster just like what they did 12 years ago.

[@Vanessa-yn4dx]

This is scary. People will be getting sick soon

[@kentozapater8972]

Nah they won't

[@ronaldcole7415]

Glowing Yellow Fin Tuna. Cobalt Blue Fin Tuna. 11 tentacle octopus. Electric shock-head Salmon Uranium enriched rice Blistered Salmon skin rolls The menu will be radialicious.

[@prophez23]

You want Godzilla? Cause this is how you get Godzilla 😂

[@weilianchang930]

Both TEPCO and the International Atomic Energy Agency say the discharge is safe, but they base their analyses on samples provided by Japan. In fact, the Japanese side refused the sampling request of the South Korean side. If Japan is really doing well and the drainage plan is impeccable, then why should it refuse the sampling request of South Korea and other countries is very strange.

[@絶望ガール-v3s]

Japan didn't refuse South Korean. That's why their government supports Japan's decision.

[@gavinmay6949]

That's very interesting, I've been trying to find more information. Would you happen to have any sources for how the water is being sampled and Japan refusing Korea's request?

[@lutang771]

@@gavinmay6949 of course he has none.

[@JackieEco]

The entire global community should be involved in helping to get the situation finally under control - like 10 years ago😡😡😡

[@toosmall4674]

Why.....its japans problem...if the water was so safe....why not meet it ....

[@marcoswang5034]

Help? How?

[@GDSHSG666]

You misunderstood. Japan did this to hold back China's carrier strike group. Salute to the unsung champions of democracy. 世界に痛みを感じさせる

[@toosmall4674]

@@GDSHSG666 Putonginamo

[@imdba3685]

If Japan had been honest about the situation back then

[@leafmealone3522]

Why is no one talking about this

[@changbeiwu73]

Because the Japanese government spend more 70billions dollars around the world media to be silent.

[@leaaae4638]

how come those water dont evaporate after so many years?

[@siyuanzhu-in1oq]

I can't understand why there is such a big difference in the way the two governments deal with Fukushima🤔, which is comparable to Chernobyl. And much of the media's coverage of Fukushima has been perfunctory. The Japanese side only made an apology, but did not actually take measures to reduce pollution. And they were unwilling to spend a lot of money on other safe ways to solve the problem😓, they chose the most polluting way - discharge into the sea😵‍💫😵🤬

[@banana_in_bottle4764]

It is recommended by IAEA. Not Japan govt.

[@aprilsu4406]

On November 2nd, Japan officially began discharging the third batch of Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water, which is expected to last for 17 days. This also means that after the end of the third batch of emissions, the cumulative amount of nuclear wastewater flowing into the sea will exceed 23000 tons

[@willeonfly]

I won‘t believer you until you drink it！

[@chenxiahui4525]

It does seem the fishery industry will be facing unprecedented disaster. Whatever, I won't eat any sea food from now on just for my own safety.

[@U_neng]

Hi. I'm Korean. I was wondering how other countries think about this problem and I found this news. Few days ago, president of America,Southkorea and Japan had summit meeting. Almost 80% of Korean expressed not to release fukusima nuclear water. Neverthless, both government supported Japan's decision so here we are..During the varication period, Japan refused to give some sample of water to Southkorea and also IAEA made report from data provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Tokyo Electric Power Co. is the company which has been lied so many things and covered up since the nuclear power plant explosion. Japan government said that the water is safe and scientifically proven because IAEA admit it. People have to know about this serious situation..Thank you for reading.😢

[@jervislin5561]

80% wow. You should just overthrow the government. Honesty, U.S citizen too but sadly western new barely report about this news

[@吴吴勉]

Nuclear contaminated water will affect ocean coasts around the world. I read an interview about local people in Fukushima, Japan, where many people have a greatly increased chance of developing thyroid cancer.

[@U_neng]

@@吴吴勉 Yes, it's true. I also got thyroid cancer and got an operation last year...I'm not sure what the cause was(maybe either leaked radiation contaminated water after the event of an explosion or other environmental factors ) but what's clear is that the BRAF test, a genetic test, showed no genetic factors. Likewise, even if other people have thyroid cancer or other cancer and enen if the cancer really was the cause of the contaminated water, there is noway to prove that the cause is contaminated water. Because no one knows what this behavior will lead to, and once spilled water is irreversible, people have to join forces and tell them to stop to prevent further environmental pollutionthis and anti-global behavior.

[@ilililililiilil]

89% now

[@boyuzeng8406]

All the people in China, we totally agree with you guys that the nuclear water should not and should never be dumped into the ocean! If anyone think that is safe to discharge into the ocean, that guy should soak and drink the "safe" nuclear water for the rest of his life.

[@1001804]

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it's safe. If so, then they should drink that water to prove it’s safe!!

[@InfernalAIM-]

Two Japanese people drank it and they died the next day 😂

[@1001804]

🤮😮‍💨

[@ektherising]

Because it's even safer when diluted by the ocean.

[@yoyolz3]

​@@ektherisingdiluted? Nothing is diluted, it all goes to the fish and other sea life, and then to our mouth, that is why we have so much mecury, toxic microplastic and other waste in the fishes we eat

[@revanzhou7971]

how can they drink ocean water? This is a meaningless question.

[@顾苏]

If that's the case, then why doesn't the Japanese government just filter it out and let the Japanese people use it as domestic water? Why would the Japanese government not allow other countries to take samples of discharged nuclear water? It's not a guilty conscience. What is it? If this is not enough proof of Japan's wickedness, then why spend more than 70 billion yen to keep quiet?

[@BaristaShin]

If this was safe as they say it is, they should just use this in Japan and prove its safety after 5 or 10 years.

[@ektherising]

It's unnecessary when it's proven scientifically safe enough to discharge.

[@mmmm-ep4oj]

@@ektherisingjoker

[@riperandrew]

True

[@絶望ガール-v3s]

Well, we've already proven it. Don't you remember that 12 years ago, untreated contaminated water was released into the sea?

[@도박충폭격기]

Wonder why Japanese wouldnt use it for themselves

[@LiamWu-b3g]

If that water was safe why wouldn’t Japanese people drink it?

[@EricS-v5g]

how u guys gonna report if this was Russia or China?

[@xiongpaolee]

Damn, tough situation all around.

[@vforwombat9915]

don't they know this is how Godzilla started?

[@manuelbello5806]

Japanese TV showed the tsunami and it looked terrifying

[@JasonG761]

its actually retribution for Japan

[@smithjohn3113]

Dont worry. For more than a decade, China and South Korea have been releasing treated radioactive wastewater at a concentration more than eight times that of Japan. Was there a problem?

[@suikai2776]

Don't worry. We know why Japan tries to confuse people with regular cooling water and Jp toxic nuclear contaminated sewage

[@smithjohn3113]

@@suikai2776 The essence of this issue is which country can be trusted. Either the words of a democratic country or the words of a communist country. All I can say is that I cannot believe the statements made by the Chinese Communist Party, which promotes forced labor and military territorial expansion under a one-party dictatorship.

[@mysticpapiknows]

Hopefully everything gets healed fast. Godspeed 🙏

[@miaomiaotoo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kentozapater8972]

Yea, in 12,3 years half of the tritium will decay into helium

[@billhsu6349]

@@kentozapater8972 Quite unlikely within the next few hundred years, welcome to the radioactive era.

[@jennajiang19]

If Japan continues to do this, no one will be spared😵

[@kentozapater8972]

@@billhsu6349 what do you mean

[@susanb6289]

How can they do that

[@eaglestar2962]

If it really harmless or safe, Japan can use the tritium nuclear waste water for watering the plants in japan, fill up swimming pools in japan, use for drinking water in japan, fill up fish farming in japan, etc.

[@絶望ガール-v3s]

Our daily wastewater goes through treatment processes, eventually ending up in rivers and flowing into the sea. Treating contaminated water is not for drinking but for reducing environmental pollution.

[@Dasycottus]

... If they've filtered out all radioactive contaminants (tririum is really NBD)-why is this bad?

[@FLYBOY409]

Beware of any Kaiju in the area😂

[@ngtstr]

after this happened, most of the japanese restaurants here are completely empty, or just very few

[@felixcruis]

日本wcnm

[@777-n4g]

Due to China's sanctions, the cost Japan needs to pay for discharging into the sea is far greater than other options. Even though these options are expected to be safer and cheaper, Japan still insists on discharging nuclear water into the sea, which raises doubts about whether Japan and its potential supporters can benefit from this man-made disaster in other aspects, such as environmental protection companies and cancer health treatment companies, which will greatly increase their revenue

[@rs-dp6pr]

Well Japanese government pays for PR, Tokyo power who committed this act is not being punished.. a true example of tax payer paying for a corporate crime.

[@professorpengu502]

How is releasing treated water a disaster

[@l.o.branyan3591]

@@rs-dp6pr How can this 70 billion promoting dumping nuclear radioactive into our ocean be legal??

[@eyanxaervxjagw]

Also diluting the radioactive water doesnt lower the total radioactive matierial it just lowers the percentage. this is just a loophole. instead of releasing 1 liter of pepsi into the ocean you mix the "pepsi" with 1 liter of seawater and release 2 liters of diluted "pepsi" which is the same thing

[@marciayoung8735]

They are killing their own people and our fish.. this is a crime

[@humanadam9773]

they are killing you too because you will eat the cancerous fish

[@ethanjiang10]

basic logic, if it is safe, then dumping to the domestic lake

[@kentozapater8972]

better dillute it into the ocean since its bigger

[@ethanjiang10]

@@kentozapater8972 even domestic farm land is also a better choice. or building a factory to produce bottles of water and i am willing to donate delivery fee so that you guys can enjoy the water

[@hydniq3327]

Why don't they make large holding ponds to put the treated water in to evaporate ? Make long ponds with concrete lining .

[@sleepybot3905]

You should tell them this..or better yet, tell them to uncover the tanks and let them evaporate that way.

[@eel8162]

Because the Japanese government is unwilling to spend huge amounts of money on treating nuclear wastewater

[@hydniq3327]

@@sleepybot3905 It's sad they didn't think of that .

[@sleepybot3905]

@hydniq2237 lol. Maybe I should become a environmental engineer

[@alexfernandez-fg5rp]

there were multiple solutions like this, but dumping into the ocean is the cheapest way.

[@nightstorm9872]

Space X already dumps waste in waterways...so what could go wrong?

[@王鑫罡]

日本将逝去世界的信任。如果日本的做法是出于经济的考虑，那么它将什么也得不到，包括在经济层面也将损失惨重

[@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH]

Let’s bottle it up and give it to all the tictoker “celebrities” to do their latest challenge.