Radioactive tritium, a carcinogen discovered in potentially dangerous levels in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, now taints at least 27 of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors — raising concerns about how it is escaping from the aging nuclear plants.

The leaks — many from deteriorating underground pipes — come as the nuclear industry is seeking and obtaining federal license renewals, casting itself as a clean-green alternative to power plants that burn fossil fuels.

Tritium, found in nature in tiny amounts and a product of nuclear fission, has been linked to cancer if ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin in large amounts.

So is it as bad as it sounds? That's up for debate.

Information on the Tritium page of Idaho State University's physics department, there is no risk via skin contact because it can't get past the outer layer of dead skin cells--which is why Tritium is used in so many products. But, as the webpage states:

"...the main hazard associated with tritium is internal exposure from inhalation or ingestion. In addition, due to the relatively long half life and short biological half life, an intake of tritium must be in large amounts to pose a significant health risk. Although, in keeping with the philosophy of ALARA [As Low As Reasonably Achievable], internal exposure should be kept as low as practical."

...[R]adiation biologist Jacqueline Williams, who works at University of Rochester Medical Center, told the AP the risk is minimal:

"Somebody would have to be drinking a lot of water and it would have to be really concentrated in there for it to do any harm at all."

Nuclear Energy Institute spokesman Steve Kerekes also told the AP there may be little cause for concern:

These are industrial facilities, and any industrial facility from time to time is going to have equipment problems or challenges. Not every operational issue rises to the level of being a safety issue.

3MI & Chern. are still a very strong memory with most....

Originally posted by OnceReturned
reply to post by Amaterasu

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Hmm... Dark energy has never been directly detected and is not well understood. There are no known means of harnessing it. No legitimate scientist has ever suggested that it is infinite, and it doesn't "run" in any way, least of all cold. No novel machines have been built based on crop circle designs.

If someone tells you they have a design for something, especially something that would revolutionize the world, it is worth looking into. Unfortunately, as soon as one looks into the idea that your aquatntance has proposed it becomes obvious that such a device is totally unrealistic at this time.

I do appreciate your input, and if you know more about this proposed device, I would like to hear it. I'm not being argumentitive for argument's sake, but based on everything I believe about the world I have to reject your proposition. What makes you believe your aquaintance? It must be more than that they just claimed to have such a design.