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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That water is pretty radioactive at about 1500 Becquerel per liter. It will definitely increase the radioactivity of any seafood caught in the area for a long time. How bad it'll be is not really possible to estimate right now so this is yet another gamble with public safety.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Most of the sources I've seen say less than 200 becquerels per litre, where the accepted drinking water limit is 10,000. This article for example says 190 Becquerels.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

To say it's not possible to estimate is untrue. An international agency determined it would be within accepted safe limits. Still, one can never know and less is certainly better when it comes to radiation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah sure let's just make up numbers. Goofy.