Re: Canadian H-3 in water limits

[schoenho@via.at]

At 09:33 04.11.1996 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I recently received a letter from a Long Islander concerned about H-3 from 
>BNL.  The letter indicates that Canadian limits for H-3 in drinking water 
>are very low, on the order of less than 1000 pCi/L.  Does anyone in Radsafe 
>land know where I can obtain a copy of the Canadian regulations/values?  I 
>have done a cursory check of the Environment Canada web site but was nothing 
>was clearly evident.
>
>thanks
>
>paul charp (pac4@atsdto1.em.cdc.gov)
>
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Paul,

I cannot tell you about the real Canadian limits, but 1000 pCi/L seems
really far low. Austrian legislation is very strict, but we have a limit of
37 kBq per liter for tritium in drinking water. 

I would recommend to contact Chalk River. 

Franz
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