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JEB

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22. Steady stream of radiation pouring

Reply to flamingdem (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 12:43 PM

May 2013

into the Pacific, into the food chain, but you have to dig to find any reporting. We've traded the Pacific ocean for an electric toothbrush. Maybe we deserve this shit. Willfully ignorant greed only takes you so far.

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Japan Times: Discharges of Fukushima nuclear material “have effectively contaminated the sea" [View all] flamingdem May 2013 OP

Bad enough and of long enough duration to pollute the Pacific Ocean. The world's nations should byeya May 2013 #1

Agree marions ghost May 2013 #2

This: It's a world disaster. CrispyQ May 2013 #6

But this "cost" is not included in the cost of generating nuclear power electricity. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #3

It IS cheaper but this is the first time something of this magnitude and duration has occurred. randome May 2013 #5

Whoa....I rarely disagree with you, but really? magical thyme May 2013 #10

The second one. randome May 2013 #13

"This has gone on for far too long." magical thyme May 2013 #15

yes and it's time to fucking crater it. n/t nebenaube May 2013 #23

"No one foresaw"????????????? ARE YOU KIDDING HERE?? WinkyDink May 2013 #12

Not this type of disaster. At least not that I ever heard of. randome May 2013 #20

Yet there is those who would like to see more of these built madokie May 2013 #4

me too! flamingdem May 2013 #7

I'll do whatever it takes madokie May 2013 #9

In this case it's a problem that Japan is such a staunch ally flamingdem May 2013 #8

Save the Japanese economy; doom the Japanese people, the Pacific Ocean, island nations, ...... WinkyDink May 2013 #14

A contaminated Pacific will be the new normal. It's ok. Don't worry. Safetykitten May 2013 #11

"Your people are driven by a terrible sense of deficiency. Zorra May 2013 #16

I'm heaven05 May 2013 #17

Should I request the owners for a name change to Cassandra? nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #18

The collective will of the planet 90-percent May 2013 #19

It's funny how people will eat fish contaminated with mercury... hunter May 2013 #21

Talking about what? nebenaube May 2013 #24

They are talking about removing everything but the tritium from the stored water. hunter May 2013 #25

Steady stream of radiation pouring JEB May 2013 #22