People's reaction to dumping the water is way overblown, like Japan acutally did a pretty good job treating the water and all that is left in it is Tritium, which US and Canadian plants will routinely dump into rivers.

Personally I think some of the reaction in Asia is becuase there hasen't been a reason for everyone to get mad at Japan in a while. Like no high profile denials of WWII crimes or the PM talking about resurrecting the Imperial Navy and reforming the Co-prosperity Sphere. But dumping the water has gotten people across Asia out into the streets denouncing Japan again, and you love to see people enjoying themselves.

[–] SootyChimney@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think "US and Canada do it" is a very effective argument for something being safe or reasonable. The reality is - We don't know what the effects are, and we can't even be completely sure they're doing what they say they are in the first place. The radioactivity may be low, but the presence of manmade tritium may well cause issues we don't even realise, and as always we're playing a gamble that "this number low so it's probably safe maybe". And that is undeniably a gamble, even if a low-risk one.