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Your view really depends on the design. CANDU (Canadian reactor design) is moderated via deuterium in which case there is a LOT of it circulating in the reacto
by kenned3 4y ago
Your view really depends on the design.
CANDU (Canadian reactor design) is moderated via deuterium in which case there is a LOT of it circulating in the reactor core.
The heavy water is syphoned off to a tritium separation unit for recovery.
With a market value of $30,000 a gram, there is a clear incentive to recover it ;)
- theluketaylor 4y agoSome buddies who work on CANDU tell me they have tritium contamination everywhere as a result of this. From what they tell me it's not really a big safety issue, mostly more annoying than anything.
- PaulHoule 4y agoIt is annoying because it is detectable!