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Alexander Of Assyria

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4. Feds were notified...tritium heavily diluted in water is not a safety issue.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 09:38 AM

Mar 2023

Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that occurs naturally in the environment and is a common by-product of nuclear plant operations. It emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel very far and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the NRC. A person who drank water from a spill would get only a low dose, the NRC says.

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Regulators monitor cleanup of 400,000 gallon radioactive water leak in Minnesota [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2023 OP

The company said there's no danger to the public! Don't that give you Emile Mar 2023 #1

Blazing warm. sybylla Mar 2023 #2

tritium in the ground water already? Blues Heron Mar 2023 #3

Feds were notified...tritium heavily diluted in water is not a safety issue. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #4

would you drink it? Blues Heron Mar 2023 #5

Depends on the confirmed concentration of tritium in my glass. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #6

The big problem is drinking it everyday and who knows what else besides tritium is in the water womanofthehills Mar 2023 #7

So how about if you are drinking it everyday? Cooking with it? Bathing in it? flying_wahini Mar 2023 #9

If one is wallowing hourly in tritium water, yes...dangerous! Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2023 #10

Tritium limit for drinking water for various countries. sl8 Mar 2023 #8