Re: Tritium and plastic

[Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 16:30 24.01.1997 -0600, you wrote:
>Mark,
>
>.........................................................
>The more realistic problem is that a sample with environmental levels of
>tritium (say, 1000 pCi/l) could "loose" its activity over time, I think.
>
>Keith Welch
>welch@cebaf.gov
>......................................................

Keith,

I am "frightened" by environmental levels of 1000 pCi/l - we have in Europe
about 2 Bq/l (about 50 pCi/l) in precipitation and surface water at the
moment. Your environmental level should be approximately the same and in the
Southern Hemisphere it is significantly lower. Maybe you refer to samples
from the Savanna River?

Franz
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