Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is...
by hinkley on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @08:25PM
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You're talking about Fukushima harbor. I'm talking about the rest of us:
https://whalesandmarinefauna.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/nuc...
https://earthsky.org/earth/tracking-fukushima-radiation-acro...
When your externalities are global I don't think people really care quite so much about what happens to the locals.
Cesium ends up substituting for potassium, which means you ingest it and then have to worry about alpha decay.
[edit: although it seems the two isotopes are beta decay, but it's still being digested]
Actually, Wikipedia tells me they've resumed fishing the sea next to Fukushima as of three years ago
> In February 2018, Japan renewed the export of fish caught off Fukushima's nearshore zone. According to prefecture officials, no seafood had been found with radiation levels exceeding Japan safety standards since April 2015.
And looking at a graph, it looks even less bad:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
Seawater contamination seems to be back to safe levels two months later.
I'm no expert on seawater contamination or anything, perhaps it's the case that the two big nuclear disasters known to mankind had a combined effect on sea life greater than the fossil fuel plants and dams for hydro. But then please do make that argument rather than a vague exclamation about "have you seen how much".