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In reply to the discussion: Toxic Water Detected In Newly Built Well At Fukushima Nuclear Plant [View all]wtmusic
(39,166 posts)29. Hype that keeps the public buying newspapers.
"A French expert said the environmental risk posed by the leaks was small compared to the overall radioactive contamination from the disaster.
"We are not seeing anything new in our measurements of the ocean water, sediment or fish. I think it is negligible," said Jerome Joly, deputy director general of the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, IRSN, which has closely monitored the Fukushima disaster.
"Japan, in this geographical area, benefits from two currents travelling along the coast eastwards to the Pacific, and they play a valuable dilution role," he told AFP."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/urgent-fight-to-stop-fukushima-radioactive-water-leaking-into-pacific/story-e6frg6so-1226693262253
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Renewables have had nowhere near the financial support / subsidies that coal/gas/fracking have...
Flaxbee
Aug 2013
#3
Expanding the rate base drives unneeded generation and wasteful spending on facilities
kristopher
Aug 2013
#52
There is not even close to enough retrievable energy in sun/wind to meet 21st century needs.
wtmusic
Aug 2013
#61
Don't you recognize the strategy of accusing others of your own weakness when you see it?
kristopher
Aug 2013
#51
So, all the stuff that is flowing into the ocean from Fukishima is just a Coke can's worth? n/t
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Aug 2013
#27
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jtuck004
Aug 2013
#17
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jtuck004
Aug 2013
#26
If you're really concerned about that you can get a tank of LP, and a dual fuel fridge
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#34