Re: Tritium

[ppater@mail.sdsu.edu (Paul Pater)]

In NCRP Report No. 47 the Tritium Unit is defined as one tritium atom per 10E+18
hydrogen atoms. Further in the same paragraph, it states that if a sample of
water at 25 degrees C, contains one tritium atom per 10E+18 hydrogen atoms its 
specific activity is 3.2 pCi/liter.


Paul Pater
RSO
San Diego State University



At 02:36 PM 4/20/95 -0500, meg macleod wrote:
>  Is there an ecological criterium for tritium in the groundwater other than
>  the drinking water standard and is there a conversion for "tritium unit" to
>  picocurie or mrem?
>
>  An answer ASAP would be appreciated.
>
>