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Originally Posted by Tobra
I am dubious that it will have no measurable consequences, as it is already measurable.
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Doing the math...there is about 2.97x10^21 lbs of water in the oceans. Fukushima claims to have about 1.1 million tons of water stored (2.2x10^9 lbs). That amount of water - while it sounds like a big number - is only .000000000000007407% of the amount of water in the oceans...
Even if it was highly contaminated, that percentage is so astoundingly low that you'd never see it. We can talk discharge rates, mixing ratios, etc. all day long but the reality is this idea isn't nearly as bad as it sounds.
I wouldn't worry about it.
You're not dubious - you're just bad at math.
