Re:High radiation readings at Fukushima’s No. 2 reactor comp...
by Animats on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:12PM
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However, there probably is quite a bit of tritiated water.
Yes. Here's the tank farm.[1]
It could probably be let out into the ocean without much harm, if not done all at once. But there's opposition to that. Meanwhile, it decays with a half-life of 12 years, so eventually it will be harmless. Frustratingly, the concentration of tritium is too low for commercial extraction.
Yes. Here's the tank farm.[1]
It could probably be let out into the ocean without much harm, if not done all at once. But there's opposition to that. Meanwhile, it decays with a half-life of 12 years, so eventually it will be harmless. Frustratingly, the concentration of tritium is too low for commercial extraction.
[1] http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/fukushimatanks_...