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Tritium hazard report: pollution and radiation risk from Canadian nuclear facilities (2007)

Auteur	I.Fairlie
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Datum	juni 2007
Classificatie	3.02.9.90/08 (CANADA - REACTOREN)
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PREFACE

This report on tritium releases in Canada is in two parts. Part 1 discusses tritium 
dischargesfrom nuclear facilities in Canada and compares them with those from 
reactors in other countries. It examines the resulting tritium concentrations in 
drinking water, air and in food near Canadian nuclear stations. Although tritium 
releases from Candu facilities are very large,radiation protection regulators 
continue to maintain that these releases are of little concern because tritium’s 
radiation doses and its resulting hazards are small.

Part 2 examines these contentions in considerable detail. It shows that tritium’s 
radiation“doses” are, questionably, estimated to be several hundreds of times 
lower than most other radioactive elements.

Radiation and radioactivity (including risks, doses, biology and epidemiology) are 
complex matters which are often difficult to grasp. Therefore Part 2 is designed to 
be read primarily by health physicists and radiation protection scientists. However, 
efforts have been made to make this report more accessible to the wider public. 
In particular, technical terms have been explained and scientific jargon has been 
avoided.

The report concludes that official attitudes on tritium are unscientific and 
incorrect, that tritium’s hazardous nature should be fully acknowledged by 
radiation protection agencies in Canada, and that tritium’s dose coefficient 
should be increased substantially.

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