Re: Tritium Weeping

["Warren Church" <Warren_Church@uml.edu>]

I have often wondered how much tritium stored in conventional low level
radioactive waste drums is left by the time it reaches its final waste disposal
site.

Warren_Church@uml.edu

Mosho, George wrote:

>                 I concur with M. Ford's comment.  In my experiences with
> tritium in two D&D projects: the removal of the primary cooling system at
> CP-5, and the remediation of a watch dial facility, tritium can, given
> enough time, migrate through anything.  Stop and think about it.  It should
> be obvious.  In addition, aluminum and stainless steel plates that "had"
> tritium contamination but were cleaned to pass free release standards were
> resurveyed several days later and found to exceed the same free release
> criteria.  It happens often and should be expected.  Just comes with the
> job.
>
>                 George D. Mosho, CHMM
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