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Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean... by Aeolun on Thursday April 28, 2022 @08:01AM (#31191481)
Hmm, if people were worried about ingestion I was certain it had to be alpha particles. I stand corrected.

I’m not sure how much the half life matters a lot if you ingest a lot. To be fair, kinda unlikely from drinking water, but might be if a fish has been gathering Tritium it’s whole life (but then, it’s probably already doing that now for much larger quantities).

Either way, I suppose the 3 X-rays I had today completely obviate any relevance of the tritium.

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Re:Japan’s plan to dump nuclear waste into the pacific ocean... by anamax on Thursday April 28, 2022 @08:28AM (#31191669)
> might be if a fish has been gathering Tritium it’s whole life

Unless fish have some mechanism for selectively keeping tritium (which might be very useful) or don't replace their water, there's no way for a fish to "[gather] Tritium its whole life".

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