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Would you provide more detail on #4? I'm curious but not quite getting what the consequences of this are.

• ScottBurson 16y ago
  It means there are isotopes, including tritium, whose half-lives are long enough that they pose a risk to the health of anyone who happens to inhale or ingest them. The OP's dismissal of such risks is a bit facile.
  • ars 16y ago
    But tritium pretty much can't be made in light water reactors, so there isn't going to be any in the released steam.
    • wmeddie 16y ago
      True, but the reactors aren't full of light water anymore, they are pumping sea water into them.