Re: "Tritium on Ice"

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

All



I don't have a reference here but at AECL/CRNL we used to use a value of ~20

% D/H in water as the value that would cause death because of the change in

the ability of enzymes to function; and "heavy" water was too expensive for

that to occur.

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John R Johnson, PhD

idias@interchange.ubc.ca



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Subject: Re: "Tritium on Ice"





> D2O and tritium also alter the ability of various

> enzymes to work "normally".  Depending the contration

> and where they are located.

>

> Tom Savin

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