Too many to count, at one single installation of three light-water power reactors in Connecticut USA, alone. The Fates are kind.
Dozens and dozens.
Believe me. Believe them. Or believe the Industry. Your choice. The Fates are kind.
One reason tritium may be "safe" to release is that the Earth's gravity cannot retain tritium in the atmosphere. However, I don't know how long it takes for tritium to escape the atmosphere after it's released. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
(in older days, clock industry workers were applying phosphorescent paint on numbers, that was tritium-enhanced, with a paint brush they used to lick to keep the hair straight, and they had terrible cancers... may be the clock bloggers could dig more detailed stories)
Nothing easier: Just sustitute tritium for hydrogen in whatever compound you are making the paint out of.
Suppose THAT persists in the body. Then the tritium persists right along with it for maximal radiological effect. The Fates are kind.
The reactor is on the Hudson River and the idea is to prevent the contaminated water from reaching the river. (Not that this amount of contamination would cause any real problems).
In addition the emergency alarm system continues fail tests and the evacuation plan has not be certified as practical. (Moving about one million people away from the plant over four or five highways is not realistic.)
Finally they have filled up their spent fuel rod storage tanks and are looking to dry storage on site to allow for even more radioactive waste. Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
