Tepco’s decision has local fishermen worried that their livelihood is at risk because the radioactive material
will further mar public perceptions about the safety of their catches.
Kawamura’s remarks are the first by the utility’s management on the sensitive matter.
Since the March 2011 meltdowns were brought under control, the Fukushima No. 1 plant has been generating tons of toxic water that has been filling up hundreds of tanks at the tsunami-hit plant.
Gojirra! GOJIRRA!
Where are the singing twins?
Thorium.
Reactors.
And thus ended the Godzilla franchise.
If they dump it in the Ganges, the radiation might actually sanitize it.
Couldn’t they just boil it away?
Tritium has some commercial value, albeit a relatively short half-life.
The solution for pollution is dilution.
No big deal. Tritium has a very short half life, and it decays into Deuterium, which is ubiquitous in the oceans anyway.
Oh, and it’s a beta emitter, so short of bathing in tritiated water, or drinking a significant amount of it, this shouldn’t pose a problem, if it’s sufficiently diluted with sea water.
I think that Tepco should sell it to research labs who are working on nuclear fusion power projects.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:Tritium (/ˈtrɪtiəm/ or /ˈtrɪʃiəm/; symbol T or 3 H , also known as hydrogen-3) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes called a triton) contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of protium (by far the most abundant hydrogen isotope) contains one proton and no neutrons. Naturally occurring tritium is extremely rare on Earth, where trace amounts are formed by the interaction of the atmosphere with cosmic rays. It can be produced by irradiating lithium metal or lithium bearing ceramic pebbles in a nuclear reactor. Tritium is used as a radioactive tracer, in radioluminescent light sources for watches and instruments, and, along with deuterium, as a fuel for nuclear fusion reactions with applications in energy generation and weapons. The name of this isotope is derived from Greek τρίτος (trítos), meaning 'third'.
This makes me think of those Madden Turkeys on Thanksgiving Fish with extra parts two three headed sharks and ocean liner size jelly fish
Joe - got a picture of the Simpson’s 3 eyed fish???
Send it to some geek teenager for fusion experiments. Smash the tritium with a hammer, try to make a fusion spark.
energy needed to evaporate water 2260 jules/gram
453.92 grams per pound
907840 grams/ton
770,000 tons = 699,036,800,000 grams
times 2260 joules per gram
= 1,579,823,168,000,000 joules needed
to evaporate 770,00 tons of water
there is 1.1 x 10^6 joules of energy/cubic ft nat gas
that’s 1,100,000 joules/cubic ft of nat gas
the 770,000 tons of tainted water can be evaporated by
1,436,202,880 cub ft of natural gas
the U.S. consumed 10,400,189,000,000 cu ft of nat gas in 2016
which means it would take about 0.01380939211777790%
of U.S. nat gas consumption in a year to evaporate the 777,000 tons of tainted water
that does not seem like it would be an insurmountable task for a country like Japan
then the tainted material would be small and in dry form, and easily put in burial containers for a salt mine or similar storage cavern