A mere amount of 2.2 grams (780 TBq) of tritium, diluted in 1.25β 106
m3 water, contained in 1047 tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant are being released to the Pacific Ocean. The operation is scheduled to
last over 30 years, with not more than releasing 61 mg (22 TBq) of tritium
annually. The outcry in the world's press and the world's population is huge
and countries like e.g. China are protesting aloud and are even banning
Japanese seafood being sold in their domestic market. The outcry is real, the
perceived fears are real, the havoc created on the Japanese fish market is
real, but the danger is non-existing. The panic results from over-regulations
initiated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and
similar bodies worldwide, prohibiting a reliable assessment of dangers and are
thereby also preventing a solid risk analysis of real dangers.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure