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FBaggins

(26,727 posts)
5. No... see #4 above
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:36 AM
Apr 2021

They’ve effectively done that already - removing virtually all radionuclides.

Except tritium... which is far too hard to remove from that much water.

Fortunately... you could probably drink tritiated water for the rest of your life without effect. Diluting it in the sea was always the right way to deal with it

I've heard this one before FBaggins Apr 2021 #1
So evaporate it, drill a well somewhere and inject it underground into radioactive rock bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #2
Not possible FBaggins Apr 2021 #4
Could they try distillation first? Delmette2.0 Apr 2021 #3
No... see #4 above FBaggins Apr 2021 #5
Thanks and oops! Delmette2.0 Apr 2021 #6
Wait a minute... NurseJackie Apr 2021 #7
does not sound llashram Apr 2021 #8
Gojira. n/t Harker Apr 2021 #9
I knew someone would beat me to it. area51 Apr 2021 #21
It's almost never me. Harker Apr 2021 #22
Not as bad as 3825-87867 Apr 2021 #10
"groundwater continues to be contaminated" Bayard Apr 2021 #11
What could possibly go wrong? BadGimp Apr 2021 #12
So .......... turbinetree Apr 2021 #13
What could go wrong? Martin68 Apr 2021 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #16
Several months ago DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #17
When slaughteing dolphins just isn't enough fun Cetacea Apr 2021 #15
Here in the U.S. DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #18
😥 Duppers Apr 2021 #20
Both the USA and Japan dump worse toxins in the ocean continuously. hunter Apr 2021 #19
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