I'm interested at what rate tritium will be tracked as appearing around the world.
it has a half-life of 12 years. Presumably it's been in decay in the tanks, but will have a known radioactivity. So, we should be able to track this by its specific energy-decay rate, as it flows into the ocean currents.
I do not adhere to the belief this is the worst thing they can do. I think its the least-worst choice for them, given all the other circumstances, and current technology for both holding radioactive water, and decontaminating it. It certainly is a tragedy/trashing of the commons, the oceans being a shared resource.
If tritium is concentrated in the food chain over the 12 year half-life period, there might be some ingestion risk but I have yet to see a source which says thats likely. Brine shrimp will (apparently) take it up selectively. So, there would be an coastal/saltpan water risk. If the outflow dumps into a high enough current it might not remain in inshore waters. (a lot of seabirds feed off brine shrimp but they aren't part of the food chain to humans mostly)
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] threadit has a half-life of 12 years. Presumably it's been in decay in the tanks, but will have a known radioactivity. So, we should be able to track this by its specific energy-decay rate, as it flows into the ocean currents.
I do not adhere to the belief this is the worst thing they can do. I think its the least-worst choice for them, given all the other circumstances, and current technology for both holding radioactive water, and decontaminating it. It certainly is a tragedy/trashing of the commons, the oceans being a shared resource.
If tritium is concentrated in the food chain over the 12 year half-life period, there might be some ingestion risk but I have yet to see a source which says thats likely. Brine shrimp will (apparently) take it up selectively. So, there would be an coastal/saltpan water risk. If the outflow dumps into a high enough current it might not remain in inshore waters. (a lot of seabirds feed off brine shrimp but they aren't part of the food chain to humans mostly)