Experts said Monday that at this point, they don’t expect the discharges to pose widespread danger to sea animals or people who might eat them.
“It’s a very large ocean” with considerable powers of dilution, noted William Burnett of Florida State University.
Very close to the nuclear plant — less than half a mile (800 meters) or so — sea creatures might be in danger of problems like genetic mutations if the dumping goes on a long time, he said. But there shouldn’t be any serious hazard farther away “unless this escalates into something much, much larger than it has so far,” he said.
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