Japan to dump 11,500 tons of radioactive water at sea : Othor Games

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:38 am

once again, if it has an impact, with the tons of radioactive waste offshore California, we should have seen something happening, like fluorescent humans, robot-governors or something more odd... California people are totally normal, I visited San Diego some years ago and....

No I better shut up...

Ok.... There might be some consequences. Let's take the lessons of the past.

Or we could take the lessons of science, but apparently facts and evidence aren't as cool as anecdotes and drama.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:49 am

once again, if it has an impact, with the tons of radioactive waste offshore California, we should have seen something happening, like fluorescent humans, robot-governors or something more odd... California people are totally normal, I visited San Diego some years ago and....

No I better shut up...

Ok.... There might be some consequences. Let's take the lessons of the past.

Oh yeah, San Diego is mental. But don't you dare say anything about L.A!

/representin' da hood.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:40 am

I have no idea on the consequences of such an action, so I'll just say nothing. Although I would think the impact could be worrying for the people living in the surrounding areas?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:50 am

I have no idea on the consequences of such an action, so I'll just say nothing. Although I would think the impact could be worrying for the people living in the surrounding areas?

It's worrying enough for people all the way in America to start posting about it, so it probably causes worry.

They'll dump the water in a controlled manner. 11500 tonnes is NOT a lot of water. Dumping it in the water is better than keeping it in the air: the extra water will absorb the energy, leaving effectively no detectable radiation except for the concentration where it was dumped. Within a few weeks it will have disappeared. The chance of mass-destruction of the ecosystem in the water is very, veeeeeeery low. There's the worry of radiation spreading through the food chain (small fish eats a lot of radioactive plankton, bigger fish eats a lot of smaller fish, leads to more radiation.) but even that will probably be restricted by not allowing any fish near the area it was dumped.

Really, people. The water's not going to turn a fluorescent green. There won't be a million fish on the water's surface.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:37 am

once again, if it has an impact, with the tons of radioactive waste offshore California, we should have seen something happening, like fluorescent humans, robot-governors or something more odd... California people are totally normal, I visited San Diego some years ago and....

No I better shut up...

Ok.... There might be some consequences. Let's take the lessons of the past.

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