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This is wild, can you please point to the literature that links Kr85 release into the environment leads definitively to decreasing the atmospheric charge? I was
by yourapostasy 7y ago
This is wild, can you please point to the literature that links Kr85 release into the environment leads definitively to decreasing the atmospheric charge? I was able to source descriptions of how nitrogen fixing is performed by lightning [1], and that Kr85 is released in nuclear fuel re-processing [2], but that Wikipedia article leads to a study [3] that says the release increases conductivity with uncertain meteorologic effects, so I'm stymied trying to look up more detailed explanations of the mechanism behind your fascinating description.
[1] https://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2018/07/09/lightning/ https://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2018/07/09/lightning/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypton-85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypton-85
[3] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994AtmEn..28..637H/abstract https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994AtmEn..28..637H/abstra...