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"The solution to pollution is not dilution." Strontium-90 can take hundreds of years to decay to safe levels and is taken up as a replacement for calcium in org
by potiuper 5y ago
"The solution to pollution is not dilution." Strontium-90 can take hundreds of years to decay to safe levels and is taken up as a replacement for calcium in organisms. If it is released, it will end up in algae, and work its way up the food chain.
- garmaine 5y agoGood thing there’s no Strontium-90 in this water. The only thing it contains is trace amounts of titrium. Which could be safely dumped in the ocean.