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Tritium & tritiated water can be somewhat easily separated from water. Just freeze the mixture, and it forms layers. However, there probably is quite a bit of t
by pinpelipon 10y ago
Tritium & tritiated water can be somewhat easily separated from water. Just freeze the mixture, and it forms layers. However, there probably is quite a bit of tritiated water.
- Animats 10y agoHowever, there probably is quite a bit of tritiated water. Yes. Here's the tank farm.[1] It could probably be let out into the ocean without much harm, if not done all at once. But there's opposition to that. Meanwhile, it decays with a half-life of 12 years, so eventually it will be harmless. Frustratingly, the concentration of tritium is too low for commercial extraction. [1] http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/fukushimatanks_sm.jpg http://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/fukushimatanks_...