TRITIUM (A Hydrogen atom that has two Neutrons, when normally it does not have any.) Tritium is not often listed as a fission byproduct in operating nuclear plants, but it is! It is damned dangerous to human beings. It can combine with Oxygen and become a radioactive water molecule and be easily absorbed through human skin. It is an uncommon product of the nuclear fission of uranium-235, plutonium-239, and uranium-233, with a production of about one atom per each 10,000 fissions. The release or recovery of tritium needs to be considered in the operation of nuclear reactors, especially in the reprocessing of nuclear fuels and in the storage of spent nuclear fuel. The production of tritium is not a goal, but an undesired side effect that is extremely dangerous to human health. You do not want Tritium in the air you breathe. You do not want Tritium in your drinking water. You do not want Tritium anywhere near you or your loved ones, yet, operating Nuclear Plants are releasing Tritium on a daily basis. It, because of its small size, always finds a way to get out of nuclear power plants and frequently collects in pools underneath the nuclear reactor site. When that happens, it can get into drinking water supplies. That has happened in many locations to the consternation of the people who live at those locations because they get cancer and frequently have babies born with DNA mutations as well as physical deformities. Even if you do not drink the water, you do not want to live in proximity or downwind from a nuclear fuel storage site. Tritium decays into helium-3 by release of beta radiation (beta decay). Beta is ionizing radiation and can easily strip electrons from a DNA structure molecule which can turn into cancer. You most definitely do not want Beta Radiation released inside your body. Standards for Tritium in drinking water range from 20,000 picocuries per liter in drinking water to 400 picocuries. The EPA’s standard for Tritium in drinking water is 20,000 picocuries per liter. I do not trust the EPA because that is a death sentence. I live in California and the California standard is a recommended public health goal for tritium in drinking water of 400 picocuries per liter. Even that is dangerous but it is an improvement over the EPA standard. There are lots of Tritium leaks in this country. Therefore, when the corrupt Reactor Industry and the NRC dismiss public concerns about Tritium leaks, saying that “Levels measured offsite by the plant operators were well below the EPA drinking water standards” they are trying to deceive the public for the benefit of the Nuclear Industry. Every internal exposure to radiation from radioactive particulate produces a corresponding cancer risk. Low exposures produce low risk. High exposure produced high risk. Cancer risk always increases with exposure. The only way to ensure that you do not get cancer from Tritium is to have no exposure what-so-ever.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:49:40 +0000
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