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Re: Water Irradiation?

Kai
 
Canada has one of the foremost Co-60 industrial irradiator fabrication facilities with Nordian in Kanata, Ontario...you might want to contact them as they probably have a wealth of information on this question...as with anything for radiation sterilizers, dwell time is important so Co-60 may or may not be practical...
 
Jim Nicolosi
Knoxville, TN
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To: RadSafe
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: Water Irradiation?

Not sure how aware the rest of the world is about this, but here in Canada there have been some issues with people getting sick or dying from bugs in the drinking water over the last couple of years. Water treatment has been a municipal issue but now the feds and provinces are getting more involved.
 
Some communities absolutely refuse to chlorinate their water. I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of dose it would take to kill the bugs in the water. Could that be achieved by putting some Cs-137 or Co-60 next to a water pipe? Would it cause the pipe to fall apart? Any side effects to the water?
 
I would just love to see someone propose that to one of these communities:)
 
Kai