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[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How far do they dump it from the coast?

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago

0km from Fukushima's coast, so about 500km from South Korea

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They aren't dumping it. They dug miles of caves below the sea floor and are pumping the filtered water into the caves slowly over the span of decades. That's why this whole thing is very dumb. Japan is taking enormous measures to do this safely.