Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported.

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    1 year ago

    Truthfully? I’d swim in the filtered water, but I’m not as concerned with radioactive exposure as others. It’s only a few grams of tritium. Really to be safe you’d need to dilute it more. Tritium is a beta emitter that’s blocked by the skin, so it’s only a problem when it’s absorbed. It’s readily absorbed since it’s water, but it’s also readily released, since it’s water.