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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Tokyo has urged Beijing to "ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China" after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater.

While Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe - a view backed by the UN's nuclear watchdog - China has staunchly opposed it and banned all Japanese seafood imports, saying it contaminates the ocean.

The Japanese government on Sunday (Aug 27) published new data showing waters off Fukushima continued to post radioactivity levels well within safe limits.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It was hit by an unprecedented strong earthquake tsunami combo. No amount of engineering could have prevented its destruction. Bear in mind the Richter scale is not linear. Dumbass.

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The tsunami was a direct consequence of the earthquake, they should have calculated that in.

If they can’t build a power plant to the necessary specifications to not explode at that location, they should build it somewhere else.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The scale matters. That earthquake is one of the biggest ever recorded. It's difficult to account for things that are entirely unprecedented. That said, if that actually built it to spec it probably would have survived just fine.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

There was literally another plant in nearly the same conditions that survived because they didn't cut corners when building it.

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