Well, if it breaks, it is hydrogen and will shoot upward.
Tritium beta particles are extremely low energy. They are totally blocked by
the phosphorus in the gun site. If they get out, they cannot penetrate skin.
If you purposely tried to inhale it, it would be in your body for a few weeks.
From: George Skorup
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 10:21 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?
Tritium illuminates reticles on some of my scopes, too. I assume that's what
you're talking about anyway. It's sealed inside of an aluminum tube, how bad
could it be? Meh.
On 4/1/2016 10:20 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
I can't count the amount of tritium in my house on two hands.
And we always have lots of bananas! ;)
I used to be stuck in a situation where I was forced to breath molten
"depleted" uranium smoke though :/
On Apr 1, 2016 10:13 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I do have chunk of uranium in a drawer in my kitchen. People do not have a
realistic sense of the relative risk.
From: Chuck McCown
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 9:11 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?
What exactly do you imagine a radiation “leak” is.
We are talking uranium dioxide. A ceramic pellet. Does not burn, melt,
dissolve, evaporate...
From: Stefan Englhardt
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 7:53 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?
Reprocessing does not solve the problem. This waste does not vanish for an
insane amount of time. No covering material lasts long enough. You have to
reencapsule it to keep radiation inside. You need a place to store it and watch
nothing leaks. Our power companies try to split the responsibility to a
separate company. They know this company will die sometimes in the future.
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Von: Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com>
Datum: 02.04.2016 03:04 (GMT+01:00)
An: af@afmug.com
Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?
And why are you thinking the waste needs to be encapsulated?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis
Just reprocess it. And really it is not that dangerous. A tanker of
chlorine or ammonia is much more dangerous.
From: Stefan Englhardt
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 6:56 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?
Nuclear is very expensive. If you calculate the cost of moving and
reencapsulating the waste for some thousand years. Your ancestors will learn
that no energy company will exist long enough to take responsibility for the
waste they generated. This will be done by the tax payer.
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Von: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Datum: 01.04.2016 22:18 (GMT+01:00)
An: af@afmug.com
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