[Chad C. Mulligan]

That’s about six or seven gasoline tank trucks’ worth, to put it in perspective.

[GOPJ]

That’s about six or seven gasoline tank trucks worth, to put it in perspective.

Thanks for adding perspective - that doesn't seem like such a 'small' spill anymore...

[texas booster]

The half-life of tritium is 12 years, so its not very “radioactive” as those things go.

And how dilute is the tritium in that 400,000 gallons? One gallon in the whole mess? Two gallons?

[Delta 21]

Since November.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Other perspectives:

An Olympic competition swimming pool holds about 500,000 gallons.

400,000 gallons over 4 months is a rate of less than 2.5 gallons per minute, or about a fifth of the flow from an average garden hose.

[NorthMountain]

That’s about six or seven gasoline tank trucks’ worth, to put it in perspective.

In perspective, it's essentially nothing. but it's !!!!RADIATION!!!! ... the fastest way to make the ignorami panic.