Re: Moermansk

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 09:29 08.03.2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Someone asked me today if the waters around Moermansk harbour are
>contaminated as a result of the storage of old nuclear subs in the
>harbour. Can it be safely used for drinking water by way of
>desalinification?

I do not know about contamination (which I do not think likely), but in
desalination plants will most probably radionuclides be removed, as there
are the other ions. This is true for distillation, for reverse osmosis and
other methods.

Franz


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