Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean...
by janmalec on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:31AM
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Well actually, at 1/40 the regulatory tritium limit for drinking water, it is perfectly suitable for any backyard and/or swimming pool.
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Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean...
by contravariant on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:47AM
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How did you arrive at that number? Going by one of the comments in this thread it would be 760 TBq of tritium, which would require 76,000,000 m^3 of water to get below the 10 Bg/m^3 limit of the world health organization.
(granted I don't know where the 760 TBq figure came from either, I'm just trying to get some clarity)
Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean...
by saalweachter on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:03AM
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The process for releasing typically dilutes to a standard level before releasing into the ocean/ other water way. So when it's released, it's already at a level you could swim in (drink?), there's no process for it accumulating into a more concentrated form in the ocean, and it has a half-life of 12 years.
Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean...
by contravariant on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:05AM
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Ah I see I may have misinterpreted the comment. I took it to mean it should somehow fit in a regular size swimming pool.
As far as I can figure out it probably does not.