1st release of treated Fukushima #nuclear #wastewater complete, operator says. A 2nd round of wastewater will be released in the next few weeks after crews inspect and clean the Japanese nuclear facility. #pollution https://www.foxnews.com/world/1st-release-treated-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater-complete-operator-says
@peeppeepcircus From my understanding about this particular release of polluted wastewater is the following:
1. Contained radioactive water was pretreated to remove as much of the radioactive components through a combination of treatment methods, including carbon filtration, ion-exchange water softening, and reverse osmosis.
2. Unfortunately, even though it is highly discouraged, the old method of "dilution of pollution" by using the vast ocean to diminish the pollutants continues to be used.
@peeppeepcircus Contaminated water is only a small part of the work that needs to be done to the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. This article summarizes the amount of work that still needs to be done. https://apnews.com/article/fukushima-daiichi-decommission-nuclear-radiation-wastewater-release-4745dff09d17a7de47b3e3dc4653724a
@peeppeepcircus Netflix's "The Days" 8 episode drama series summaries the events that led to this catastrophe. Would highly recommend. https://youtu.be/ZQkb7fCr2bQ
@peeppeepcircus @Victor I'm disgusted by it 💔 Why didn't they just load up oil tankers and put it in sealed of empty wells or something?
Even though it’s been “diluted,” I’m not convinced it’s enough to not hurt the ecosystem in some manner. 😞
@see_the_sus @peeppeepcircus Agree. "The solution to pollution is not dilution". This saying basically summarizes one of the tenets of water and wastewater treatment. This was done and continues to be done in certain circumstances. For example, Los Angeles releases wastewater that is not fully treated into the Pacific Ocean. This mindset is now being reconsidered as fully treated wastewater can be reclaimed for reuse.
@see_the_sus @peeppeepcircus To give you an indication of the enormous quantity of wastewater that Los Angeles sends to the Pacific Ocean which can be treated for reuse take a gander at this proposed engineering project: https://watercollaborativedelivery.org/project/hyperion-advanced-water-purification-facility/
It’s sad that humans can’t put themselves in the “shoes” of animals cause if we did then maybe we wouldn’t be shitting into their homes.
@see_the_sus @peeppeepcircus We have stepped in our own poop, so to speak, and reaped our rewards. Plastic pollution, leaking cesspools of poisons that have created cancer hotspots in neighborhoods...Yet, we continue to not learn from these mistakes...
@Victor not exactly thrilled about this