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Canada: Tritium levels Candu's dangerous |
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Author | (657.5808) Wise Amsterdam |
Link | https://www.laka.org/docu/tijdschriften/nm/657.pdf |
Description | All nuclear reactors emit tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen that is created in nuclear reactors. Like all radioactive substances, tritium causes cancer and birth defects. Ontario's Candu nuclear reactors emit much higher levels of tritium into the air and water than other reactor types. Greenpeace Canada released a report on the hazards of tritium releases, and recommends that pregnant women and children under the age of four should not live within 10 kilometers of a Candu reactor. |
Date | 21 June 2007 |
Page number | 3 |
Magazine | Nuclear Monitor, Washington DC, VS |
Year | 0 |
No | 657 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Tags: | MAINTENANCE - shutdown reactor for improvement, safety and maintenance GREENPEACE - TRITIUM - incl. OBT (organically-bound tritium) RADIATION PERMISSABLE LEVELS - RADIATION MEASUREMENTS - also measured transgression norm but see standard height: STR.NORM ONTARIO HYDRO - Ontario Hydro RESEARCH INSTITUTEN - In the broad sense of the word COSTS NUCLEAR ENERGY - Atomic energy costs HEALTH POPULATION - healtheffect on population of radioactivity CANADA - country (North) America, hoofdstad: Ottawa |