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Re: Tritium from Chernobyl
- To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
- Subject: Re: Tritium from Chernobyl
- From: Dick King <king@reasoning.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 13:33:10 -0700
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Jul 1997 15:03:58 CDT." <9707102003.AA03105@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:13:29 +0200
> From: Jean-Michel Mure <jm.mure@andra.fr>
> Subject: Tritium from Chernobyl
>
> Hello Radsafers,
>
> When looking at the list of radionuclides released during the Chernobyl
> accident, I was surprised tritium was not mentionned. Can someone confirm
> this absence ?
> Would it be rather the low amount of tritium released plus its low
> radiotoxicity that could explain the fact that it is not listed OR is it
> that there was no tritium released ?
The Chernobyl reacter was graphite moderated. There would not have been much
tritium, which you get by neutron-irradiating heavy water.
-dk