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2009-12-04 India-Pakistan

Tritium contamination at Indian nuclear plant not a leak

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Posted by john frum 2009-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "Uh, uh... negative, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-12-04 07:55|| 2009-12-04 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Tritium is a nasty. It is the one thing that EOD types truly loathe, because if you get contaminated, you are looking at about six months of painful medical care to get rid of the damned stuff.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-12-04 09:07|| 2009-12-04 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Deuterated water is a pain, not generally fatal because it it not radioactive and acts as a poor surrogate for H2O, but not good for you. Something to be avoided.

Tritiated water is a whole different animal. It is radioactive, and is really bad for you. Something to be avoided at all costs.

I will go to the site and read carefully, but if D20, not good but meh; with T2O, BAD, VERY BAD. Very rare in fact. The is just not a hell of a lot of tritium laying around.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-12-04 10:38|| 2009-12-04 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The Tritium is not a typo.

These are Pressurized Heavy Water reactors (Indian CANDU clones) that use natural (non-enriched) Uranium as fuel and Heavy Water as the moderator.

Tritium builds up in the heavy water. Both Canada and India have developed methods of de-tritiating the heavy water and both now stockpile Tritium.

Posted by john frum 2009-12-04 11:14|| 2009-12-04 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Tritium is valuable.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-12-04 13:40|| 2009-12-04 13:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Muscatel poisoning is also serious and to be avoided. At least, I've been told....

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