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Naturally-occurring Tritium
NCRP 62, pg 33, has a plot of tritium conc vs ocean depth, ranging from 18
TU to zero. So any 'average' is rather artificial. Pg 24 has a table of
concentrations vs latitude, again highly variable. So I suspect that any
quoted average is of little use except to compute a world inventory.
note: 1 TU= 3.231 pCi/L(H2O)
Disclaimer: the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. government,
or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of authority.
Lester Slaback, Jr. [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV]
NBSR Health Physics
Center for Neutron Research
NIST
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