Nuclear hysteria

Newshub reports:

A Green Party MP has slammed Japan’s decision to release 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, saying not all factors have been considered.

That sounds like a lot. Or is it. It is 1.3 million cubic metres which is equal to a 109 metre cube.

That is 0.0013 of a cubic km. The Pacific Ocean is 714 million cubic kms so it is equal to around 0.00000000018% of the Pacific Ocean.

The wastewater will contain about 190 becquerels of tritium per litre, below the World Health Organisation drinking water limit of 10,000 becquerels per litre, according to Tepco. A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity.

Japan claims the water release is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, greenlighted the plan in July, saying that it met international standards and that the impact it would have on people and the environment was “negligible”.

And the level of radioactivity is 1.9% of the safe limit, so 50 times under.