Re: Kr-85 -> ionization -> oxidants -> acid rain??

[jkuperus@custompharmacy.com]

Bjorn



Kr is non reactive, heavier than air, and washed out of the

atmosphere with every rain.  You might want to check out this paper:



http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/kolleg/dokumente/tlange.pdf



I have worked with Kr-85 several times. It only forms compounds under

very extreme conditions i.e. conditions not found in the atmosphere.



John Kuperus

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>From: bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM

>To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

>Subject: Re: Kr-85 -> ionization -> oxidants -> acid rain??

>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:42:33 +0000

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>>>Is PbAuKrO the green krytonite or the red kryptonite?

>>Superman was sensitive to green kryptonite when I was a kid.

>>

>>

>>Besides that: No one seems to have a reference to that claim about

>the 

>>ionization and subsequent formation of acids etc. Is there any

>listserve 

>>system like Radsafers that is for inorganic chemistry? I plan a

>response to 

>>the massmedial myth fallout we had - especially as it seems to be

>organized 

>>(and comes from the Swedish Society for the Conservation of Nature

>where I 

>>served as the president for the Stockholm region more than 20 years

>ago... 

>>before leaving all of it in 1987 - the organization was taken over

>by too 

>>many fundamentalists).

>>

>>Part of the message was that large amounts of radioactivity

>(classified as 

>>nuclear waste) is released to the air during normal operation etc,

>etc. No 

>>numbers were given...

>>

>>Part of the story is a variant of the topic that krypton equals

>freons and 

>>therefore nuclear power destroys the ozone layer (message by a

>former second 

>>minister of the environment). She wrote a nasty letter to me BTW

>after I 

>>had, with kind intentions, informed her about the difference between

>krypton 

>>atoms and freon molecules (she had read the freon=krypton story in

>some 

>>weekly trashy publication). The message between the lines was

>basically that 

>>I should watch it.

>>

>>My personal ideas only,

>>

>>Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

>>

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