Re: Krypton-85

["R. William Field" <bill-field@UIOWA.EDU>]

----- Original Message -----

From: Jerry Cohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>

To: Franz Schoenhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>;

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:28 PM

Subject: Re: Krypton-85



Back then I was naive enough to believe that LNT might actually be a

reasonable concept. Of course, I  no longer believe in LNT, but I still

think that those who do believe in LNT ought to worry about Kr-85 releases

to the atmosphere. Apparently, they don't.              Jerry





Jerry,



I am not sure that is true. Environmentalist raised this issue over 25 years

ago.   In fact if I recall correctly, the environmentalist Barry Commonor

wrote a paper 30  years ago or so called the "Krypton Thunderbolt" in which

he graphically plotted and extrapolated into the future the build-up of

Krypton-85.   Also, there were quite a few people living around TMI that

were not very happy about the Krypton-85 and Xenon-133 venting.

Fortunately, the decay products from Krypton-85 and Xenon-133 differ from

those of radon-222.



Bill Field



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