Los Alamos Labs are planning to release massive amounts of Tritium into the environment. #NoNukes #NoDiablo #radiationharms
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Tritium isn't something I worry about. Especially if diluted into water; it occurs naturally & is short lived. The details around tritium release from Fukushima are... instructive.
Worry more about things like Iodine-131, Cesium-134, Cesium-137, and Strontium-90, where appropriate.
I just learned that there are 21 levels of magnitude between radiation we can detect (the decay of a SINGLE atom) and what’s happening in our reactor at diablo.
That’s insane. Our human minds can’t comprehend large numbers.
I wear hyper concentrated tritium on my body - my dive watch. It is harmless in terms of radiative transfer.
Bio - tritium if around natural levels or moderate above - OK.
Is the solution
To tritium pollution
A little bit of tritium? Here.
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social ???
Flanges tritium waste containers (FTWC)(pronounced “fat-whack”).
Here is their presentation on it:
https://cdn.lanl.gov/files/11-5-presentation_ab255.pdf
Thank you for your service! 🫡
And, tritium generally disperses rapidly & decays quickly & is not a top isotope of concern relative to things.
As tritiated water post release should be enormously diluted in water cycle.