Re: "Tritium on Ice"

["John Johnson" <idias@interchange.ubc.ca>]

All



> If we ever build facilities that generate large quantities of tritium,

such as

> fusion reactors, the impact of tritium releases will have to be further

> evaluated.  There may be previously unidentified critical exposure groups.

One

> potential group that comes to mind is an unborn female child, during the

period

> of egg formation, when the tritium could be incorporated into virtually

all of

> that person's germ cells.



I agree, but its not the female child at risk but the female child's

children. More information on the dose to the public from tritium can be

found in the paper by Harrison et al in RPD Vol. 98 pp 299-311 (2002).



_______________________

John R Johnson, PhD

idias@interchange.ubc.ca









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