Re: Tritium from Chernobyl

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> Von: Dick King <king@reasoning.com>
> An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Betreff: Re: Tritium from Chernobyl
> Datum: Donnerstag, 10. Juli 1997 22:32
> 
> > 
> > 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
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Tritium is not only produced by neutron-irradiation of  heavy water (for
instance in CANDU reactors), but also by ternary fission...

Franz