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crashmister wrote:Need more info!!! Not sure which system or how. If this is containment water, it's highly contaminated. The core material is submerged in it. Turbine water, is less contaminated but still lethal is dosed heavy. While radiation levels will dissipate quickly in water, if you were near at the time of the release, you could be in trouble. These things don't leak without a full on meltdown like Fukishima, somebody screwed up.
STRIZ wrote:crashmister wrote:Need more info!!! Not sure which system or how. If this is containment water, it's highly contaminated. The core material is submerged in it. Turbine water, is less contaminated but still lethal is dosed heavy. While radiation levels will dissipate quickly in water, if you were near at the time of the release, you could be in trouble. These things don't leak without a full on meltdown like Fukishima, somebody screwed up.
What are you sayin Pat?
I mean 75% of all NPP are in one way shape or form in less than 100% condition.
According to a study released by the Miami-Dade Commission this week, over the last five years levels of tritium found in the canals ranged between 1,500 and 16,500 pCi/L. (Natural levels in Biscayne Bay are 20 pCi/L and the legal limits for tritium in drinking water are 2,133 pCi/L in the United States.) Because some of the canals are as deep as 24 feet, experts worry the tritium (as well as high levels of saline, phosphorus and ammonia) collected in early January from the bottom of the canals at rates of 2,600 to 3,400 pCi/L are reaching tidal surface waters connected to Biscayne Bay. Miami-Dade County has asked FPL to address these new findings.
The report does not address how increased levels of tritium might impact the public or marine life. According to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, everyone is exposed to small amounts of tritium everyday as it can occur naturally. It enters the human body through food and drink consumption and half is excreted within 10 days.
greenlight22 wrote:I was finally able to find some scant figures, from Keys Weekly.
http://keysweekly.com/42/news-of-turkey-point-leak-rocks-keys/According to a study released by the Miami-Dade Commission this week, over the last five years levels of tritium found in the canals ranged between 1,500 and 16,500 pCi/L. (Natural levels in Biscayne Bay are 20 pCi/L and the legal limits for tritium in drinking water are 2,133 pCi/L in the United States.) Because some of the canals are as deep as 24 feet, experts worry the tritium (as well as high levels of saline, phosphorus and ammonia) collected in early January from the bottom of the canals at rates of 2,600 to 3,400 pCi/L are reaching tidal surface waters connected to Biscayne Bay. Miami-Dade County has asked FPL to address these new findings.
The report does not address how increased levels of tritium might impact the public or marine life. According to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, everyone is exposed to small amounts of tritium everyday as it can occur naturally. It enters the human body through food and drink consumption and half is excreted within 10 days.
Now I just need to befriend a scientist.
I don't think we need to worry about our body glowing in the dark yet.
I was curious about other countries...
http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resource ... -water.cfm
the enforceable drinking water standards for tritium vary between 740 Bq/L (US) and 76,103 Bq/L (Australia).
This tells me Australian will definitely glow in the dark...
Well, I think it tells natural level of tritium in Miami-dade much lower than other country...
Canada limit is 7000 Bq/L.
740Bq is US limit and about 2,133 pCi/L . Then 16,500 pCi/L (Miami-Dade highest level over last five years) is about 5700 Bq/L and it is still less than Canada limit.
This means those Cadadian spring water bottle may have higher level of tritium than Miami-dade cana;.
Well, don't get me wrong. Somebody turned wrong knob, which is not acceptable...
And we still need to buy glow stick to glow in the dark...lol
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