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Subject: Re: Fusion Wastes
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Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 01:57:53 EST
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	There is SOMETHING that gets through the faceplate on at least one
	brand of tritium illuminated watch; it made my Geiger counter go crazy.
	-- 
	Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX CDI Portland OR (503)-646-1599 cdi!caf 

Yup.  The readiatio gets through the faceplate, but I seem to recall that
if you interpose a sheet of conductive material (like the BACK of the watch)
the radiation will be attenuated enourmously.

Tritium, with a half life af 12 to 13 years is the FUEL in the proposed
fusion reactors. (actually, it is more like an octane booster ...)  The
real hazard comes from the materials used to MAKE the tritium.  A blanket
of some lithium does niceley.  And there is the neutron bambardment of the
structure of the reactor.  And ...

The lates Technology Review hits this topic.  Worth reading.

					Mark Terribile
					hou5d!mat