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Re: Graphite-Gas reactor are cold war monsters... (4.00 / 2)

Yes, Pierre probably saw Caesium figures. A large part of the Chernobyl release was inert gas too, but there Iodine was of the same order of magnitude.

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 05:11:01 AM EST
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Re: Graphite-Gas reactor are cold war monsters... (4.00 / 2)

Upon checking another source, I am confused. It may be that the higher figure is the total into the atmosphere, and 90 PBq is another estimate for the non-noble-gas part. And of that, tritium is the bulk.

some 14 million curies of noble gases (~500 PBq) and 14 curies (~500 GBq) of I-131 were released during the course of the accident. About 50,000 curies (~2 PBq) of Kr-85 were vented from the containment and 2 million curies (~75 PBq) of tritium was released.

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 05:21:50 AM EST
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Re: Graphite-Gas reactor are cold war monsters... (none / 0)

I think those numbers match what I remember reading about TMI although the tritium number seems high.

What people were justifiably freaking out about was iodine with the bio-concentration in the thyroid. Turned out there was very little of it.

by Francois in Paris on Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 04:39:57 PM EST
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