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JoseBalow

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6. Regarding all that contaminated water

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 24, 2024, 03:22 PM

Aug 2024

that they have stored up and released back into the sea... Can you explain to me why they wouldn't or couldn't just let the water evaporate, then dispose of the much smaller solid material that is left? I'm sure there is some explanation why that option isn't feasible, but I've always wondered why not. Would evaporation release contaminants back into the air in a way that couldn't be controlled?

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Fuel debris removal attempt halted at Fukushima Daiichi. [View all] NNadir Aug 2024 OP

Thanks! blue sky at night Aug 2024 #1

Virtually all of the radioactivity in fish in the North Pacific has the same source it has had for millions of years. NNadir Aug 2024 #2

Thanks again... blue sky at night Aug 2024 #3

Regarding all that contaminated water JoseBalow Aug 2024 #6

In theory, I don't think it would have made much difference to have done it that way, evaporation, but... NNadir Aug 2024 #7

Thanks for explaining that JoseBalow Aug 2024 #8

when I first started reading your posts, I was a sceptic WhiteTara Aug 2024 #4

The people who built our nation's first reactors were highly competent and remarkable scientists and engineers. NNadir Aug 2024 #5

sorry it took so long to respond to your post WhiteTara Aug 2024 #9

No problem. I wish your true love a speedy and full recovery. NNadir Aug 2024 #10

thanks NNadir WhiteTara Aug 2024 #11

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