“If people eat this kind of contaminated food, it will affect the health of millions and millions of people, for many, many years.” Observers say Japan’s discharging of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean may pose long-term threats to human health and the marine environment.
I thought that the controversy was because the Fukushima wastewater made contact with the exposed core of the nuclear plant. This introduced — not only more dangerous isotopes — but also greater amounts of it, compared to regular wastewater.
Yeah. Theoretically, the water that’s being released has been processed to remove all the nasty stuff though, all that remains is low concentrations of tritium. I don’t know the precise details of Russia, China, and Korea’s official concerns, but I suspect they’re very concerned with the possibility that unprocessed wastewater could end up being dumped, intentionally or unintentionally.