Tritium was not detected in the latest sample of two olive flounders caught Sept. 24, the Fisheries Agency said.

No detectable amount of tritium has been found in fish samples taken from waters near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, where the discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea began a month ago, the government said Monday.

Tritium was not detected in the latest sample of two olive flounders caught Sunday, the Fisheries Agency said on its website. The agency has provided almost daily updates since the start of the water release, in a bid to dispel harmful rumors both domestically and internationally about its environmental impact.

The results of the first collected samples were published Aug. 9, before the discharge of treated water from the complex commenced on Aug. 24. The water had been used to cool melted nuclear fuel at the plant but has undergone a treatment process that removes most radionuclides except tritium.

  • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
    310·
    1 year ago

    I don’t doubt nuclear power works. I just know how humans work. Everything we build we also destroy. Let’s not take the planet with us.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      This is the most ridiculous argument I’ve ever seen against nuclear energy. “Sure it works, but people are evil!”

      I can apply that to everything. Communism? I don’t doubt it works, but humans build and also destroy.

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
        07·
        1 year ago

        This here is capitolist FUD, but I’m sure in all your great wisdom think humans can be trusted not to fuck up a 5th time.

        • osarusan@kbin.social
          71·
          1 year ago

          All you said that was humans mess up everything we do, as if that were something meaningful to say. That is not an argument against nuclear. That’s an argument against absolutely everything humans do. It’s meaningless. Look:

          I don’t doubt solar power works. I just know how humans work. Everything we build we also destroy. Let’s not take the planet with us.

          I don’t doubt coal power works. I just know how humans work. Everything we build we also destroy. Let’s not take the planet with us.

          I don’t doubt hydro power works. I just know how humans work. Everything we build we also destroy. Let’s not take the planet with us.

          I don’t doubt steam power works. I just know how humans work. Everything we build we also destroy. Let’s not take the planet with us.

          All of those are exactly as meaningless as what you wrote. So don’t go on snarkily about my “great wisdom” like you’ve made any point at all. Nuclear is safer than oil and coal and gas, which is where the majority of the world’s energy comes from right now. Fossil fuels are actively destroying our planet right now, and you’re spreading nuclear FUD about things that haven’t happened. That’s not helpful, and it doesn’t match the reality we live in.

        • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          ???

          The USSR and Russia were huge players in nuclear technology and contributed a lot to the field. I actually can’t think of an energy source that has a closer connection to communism.

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
        05·
        1 year ago

        Chernobyl was about the worst case scenario, and most of the blame is on dogshit soviet designs.

        It’s happened three other times since then…

        Edit: one other time

        • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Where and when were the 3 other nuclear meltdowns? I wasn’t able to find anything with a quick search, maybe I’m not looking for the right terms.