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Normal ocean water has potassium and rubidium radionuclides that run to 11Bq/L. At the higher level of 5MBq/L, they would need to dilute it into 3000km^3 of se
by mapt 11y ago
Normal ocean water has potassium and rubidium radionuclides that run to 11Bq/L.
At the higher level of 5MBq/L, they would need to dilute it into 3000km^3 of seawater in order to reach double background radiation levels, or a patch of the 6km deep Pacific abyssal plain that is 22km x 22km.