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Title: Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea
Post by: Marlin on Apr 16, 2016, 05:47

Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201604120059.html

Title: Re: Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea
Post by: Mounder on Apr 17, 2016, 11:55

Over my career, I have never seen epidemiological evidence of tritium exposure leading cancer clusters or other abnormalities.  With significant human case study populations at DOE sites like SRS, Mound, LANL, and all the CANDU facilities (not to mention the emergency exit sign accidents); you would expect to see more correlation.  Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places or not hard enough.

My personal experience with tritium exposure is that the people I know who have accrued significant lifetime doses from tritium are living happy and healthy retirements. Many of them joke of the tritium radiohormesis effect.  I personally need to research the topic a bit more.

Title: Re: Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea
Post by: OldHP on Apr 17, 2016, 07:03

Quote from: Mounder on Apr 17, 2016, 11:55

My personal experience with tritium exposure is that the people I know who have accrued significant lifetime doses from tritium are living happy and healthy retirements.

If you find something different, please post, because over the last 50+ years, in nuclear, I have not seen any biological affects from H-3 exposure!

 [SadPanda] :old: [beer]

Title: Re: Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea
Post by: Bonds 25 on Apr 17, 2016, 10:44

Should not even be a discussion. Dumping every oz of water in those tanks into the ocean would literally have ZERO effects on ocean life.

Like an infant pissing into an Olympic sized pool. This Tritium craze is beyond ridiculous.

Title: Re: Japan weighs release of tritium from Fukushima plant into sea
Post by: SloGlo on Apr 18, 2016, 11:27

Quote from: Bonds 25 on Apr 17, 2016, 10:44

Should not even be a discussion. Dumping every oz of water in those tanks into the ocean would literally have ZERO effects on ocean life.

Like an infant pissing into an Olympic sized pool. This Tritium craze is beyond ridiculous.

hay! h3 paranoics gotta eat to, ya no! ware's the love?

too differing points of vue:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057633/

www​.nirs.org/.../tritiumbasicinfo.pdf