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5.5 tons of radioactive water leaked from Fukushima nuclear plant (english.news.cn)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

"leaked" "accidentally"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Which is 5.5 cubic meters.

Roughly this much water:

https://muveone.co.uk/uploads/5-cubic-metres-scaled.webp

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For context 500 000 tonnes of the water was released in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. This is a literally a drop in the ocean.