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Does this have anything to do with radioactive water? They aren't dumping radioactive waste, just water that has become radioactive from being near radioactive

• trhway 6y ago
  >They aren't dumping radioactive waste, just water that has become radioactive from being near radioactive waste. radioactive waste water is radioactive waste.
  • Guvante 6y ago
    So you are just using the "technically correct" phrase designed to make it sound dangerous? Dilution amount totally matters in this context. For instance the EPA limit means if all of your drinking water was at that limit you would increase the amount of radiation exposure by 1.3% per year. Would that be "radioactive waste"?
    • trhway 6y ago
      >So you are just using the "technically correct" phrase designed to make it sound dangerous? do you propose to use less technically correct phrase to make it sound less dangerous? >Would that be "radioactive waste"? may as well be. The biological impact of getting radiation sources into your body vs. being just exposed to it externally is very different (specifically significantly more severe) in case of alpha and beta sources.
      • TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
        The term radioactive is, how shall I put it? Broad. How radioactive? What type of radiation? Is the source also a chemical contaminant? Tritium isn't chemically dangerous and also not very radioactive, emitting only beta radiation. Diluted sufficiently probably fine to put in the ocean.