2 ms·
This is more for fixing the surrounding area than the water, but if some fungi really do eat radiation then there should be a way to filter the water as well.
by filoeleven 11y ago
This is more for fixing the surrounding area than the water, but if some fungi really do eat radiation then there should be a way to filter the water as well.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/radiation-helps-fungi-grow/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/radiation-helps-fu...
> Based on experiments with three different types of fungi, they believe the melanin-containing breeds absorb the high levels of energy in ionizing radiation and somehow turn it into a biologically useful (and benign) form, akin to a dark and dangerous version of photosynthesis.
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/using-fungi-remediate-radiation-fukushima http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/using-fungi-remediate...
> G. glutinosus has been reported to absorb – via the mycelium – and concentrate radioactive Cesium 137 more than 10,000-fold over ambient background levels. Many other mycorrhizal mushroom species also hyper-accumulate.
The second method still leaves you with radioactive waste (harvested mushrooms are burned, the ash is turned into glass) but it gets the radiation out of the environment.