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[-] yggdar@lemmy.wtf 9 points 1 year ago

There is a difference between contaminated water, like in Fukushima, and regular non-contaminated cooling water. There should be no radioactive contaminants in the water that the French nuclear power plants release.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well actually cooling water is bombarded with neutrons, which transforms hydrogen atoms into deuterium and radioactive tritium. It's just generally regarded as harmless (probably because there's no good way to test for bioaccumulation.)

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