[ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to panic(?)

[JOHN.RICH at sargentlundy.com]

MIke, 

I'm working with an old man's memory here, but I think the major tritium 
removal mechanism at PWRs is spent fuel pool evaporation.  PWRs generate a 
fair amount of tritium (lithium chemistry??), they just dispose of it in a 
a variety of ways. The point being that except for heavy water reactors 
(where they save the water), eventually a fair amount of tritium is 
generated and disposed of.   Not that this is a threat to health and 
safety (after all the preferred cure is to drink lots of good beer), but 
it isn't restricted to BWRs. 

BTW, I never seriously looked at the BWR tritium "economy."   Anybody else 
want to weigh in on this?

 - - jmr

John Rich
312-269-3768



From:
"Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
To:
<radsafe at radlab.nl>
Date:
02/02/2010 11:01 AM
Subject:
RE: [ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to panic(?)



I admit to being prejudiced by my Navy experience in favor of PWRs, but
tritium leaking into the environment is one of the reasons I don't care
for BWRs.  When you move coolant all over the place, it is a lot easier
for some to get away. 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:31 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Vermont Yankee leaking tritium --- time to panic(?)

Feb. 1


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_leaking_nuclear_plant
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Steven Dapra


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