[sweetlucipher]

Just as Japan is about to dump a million ton (or more?) of radioactive water (from Fukushima) into the ocean.

[guscost]

“Radioactive water” in this context means “normal water with trace amounts of tritium, which emits radiation that is less harmful than sunlight”.

[mrlala]

A million tons doesn't even sound like that much?

1 million metric tons = 1 million cubic meters. That's only a 100m cube of water..

[kvgr]

It is gonna dillute so much it will not be a problem at all...

[xwdv]

Radioactivity isn’t really a big deal for animals and non-sentients. It mostly prevents humans from entering certain areas, which in this case maybe it’s good that humans will avoid them so animals could thrive there.

[vbezhenar]

What about caught radioactive fish that humans will eat?

[jbay808]

I'd be more worried about the mercury that's already there

[NullPrefix]

Once again, a problem for humans which means animals eventually could thrive

[ironmagma]

We aren't the only animals that eat fish.

[xwdv]

The animals don’t care about radiation. They will die of something else long before they die of radiation, some might even mutate in beneficial ways.

[ironmagma]

That seems like a rather uneducated guess. Some species of shark for example live a very long time (bordering on immortal), and orcas live as long as many humans.

[xwdv]

It’s not okay to just kill and eat fish.

[yostrovs]

You tell that to the fish.