Tritium. Medical search. Frequent questions

Tritium (from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos) 'third') or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or 3H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of about 12 years. (wikipedia.org)
The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a triton) contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of the common isotope hydrogen-1 (protium) contains one proton and zero neutrons, and that of hydrogen-2 (deuterium) contains one proton and one neutron. (wikipedia.org)
Tritium is also used as a nuclear fusion fuel, along with more abundant deuterium, in tokamak reactors and in hydrogen bombs. (wikipedia.org)
The rates of reactions of compounds containing deuterium or tritium are usually less than those of the corresponding compounds of ordinary hydrogen. (britannica.com)
A massive leak of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, occurred earlier this month at the Tricastin nuclear power plant, one of the oldest in France, when subsequent radiation levels recorded in groundwater below it reached 28,900 becquerels per litre. (mediapart.fr)
A radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium is one the most expensive, rare, and potentially harmful elements in the world. (thebulletin.org)
Water treatment systems at nuclear sites remove many contaminating isotopes, leaving tritium, a form of hydrogen that becomes part of the water molecule itself, forming tritiated water. (environmentalleader.com)
Tritium gas ( H 3 ) is a radioactive form of ordinary Hydrogen gas ( H 2 ). (unitednuclear.com)
Tritium, a radioactively weak isotope of hydrogen, likely reached the ground at Indian Point during recent work activities. (boingboing.net)
Tritium is a mildly radioactive form of hydrogen that occurs occasionally in nature but more commonly from human activities such as nuclear power generation, according to the NRC's website. (legalectric.org)
TRITIUM is a form of hydrogen that emits a continuous light source where using batteries or electricity is not possible. (concealedcarry.com)

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tritium DCFC Limited ("Tritium" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: DCFC), a global leader in direct current ("DC") fast chargers for electric vehicles ("EVs"), today provided an update on its business. (yahoo.com)

This .200" height robust sight is designed for aging eyes, featuring a green tritium night sight lamp with a fluorescent orange outline for improved visibility in all lighting conditions. (wilsoncombat.com)
Front is ProGlo (green tritium with orange outline) paired with a single dot green rear. (impactguns.com)

The most recent leak occurred in November 2022, involving 400,000 gallons of tritium-contaminated water from the Monticello nuclear station in Minnesota. (thebulletin.org)
A broken pipe at Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant leaked about 400,000 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium, and the utility is working to clean up the contaminated plume, state regulators said Thursday. (legalectric.org)
Last fall, officials found a water leak at the plant that released 400,000 gallons of tritium-infused water into the groundwater. (mix949.com)

Tritium is used as the energy source in radioluminescent lights for watches, gun sights, numerous instruments and tools, and even novelty items such as self-illuminating key chains. (wikipedia.org)
Standard Dot front sights use a patent pending glow dot that absorbs light and glows in low light levels before it is dark enough to see the tritium. (xssights.com)

Tritium was first detected in 1934 by Ernest Rutherford, Mark Oliphant and Paul Harteck after bombarding deuterium with deuterons (a proton and neutron, comprising a deuterium nucleus). (wikipedia.org)
In comparison, the fusion of deuterium with tritium releases about 17.6 MeV of energy. (wikipedia.org)
Tritium is also produced in heavy water-moderated reactors whenever a deuterium nucleus captures a neutron. (wikipedia.org)
Both deuterium and tritium are useful as isotopic tracers for the investigation of chemical structures and of reaction mechanisms. (britannica.com)
Some advanced experimenters extract the Tritium gas inside the tube and mix it with Deuterium gas, using this mixture inside homemade Fusor devices, which demonstrates nuclear fusion on a very small scale. (unitednuclear.com)
The use of tritium in CANDU (Canadian Deuterium-Uranium) reactors in industry to produce self-luminescent lights and paints, in oil and gas exploration, in hospitals for diagnostic tests and radiotherapeutics and in research makes the control of tritium releases generated by these activities particularly important in Canada. (gc.ca)
One of the steps towards development of fusion power plants is the construction of an experimental fusion reactor ITER where deuterium (D) and tritium (T) will be fused and energy will be released. (iaea.org)

Should you actually manage to break the tube, the tiny amount of Tritium gas will simply disperse and the unit will cease to function. (unitednuclear.com)
The EPA has a limit for the amount of tritium that can be present in drinking water - 20,000 picocuries per liter - to protect people from radiation. (legalectric.org)
No detectable amount of tritium has been found in fish samples taken from waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where the discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea began a month ago, the Japanese government said Monday. (kyodonews.net)

A good place to start limiting the negative effects of tritium contamination, Makhijani recommends, is to significantly tighten drinking water standards. (thebulletin.org)
Some special interest and citizen groups, however, claim that the scientific uncertainty regarding the effects of tritium on health and on the environment is such that regulation of the facilities releasing or using tritium may be inadequate. (gc.ca)

Since the 1990s, about 70 percent of the nuclear power sites in the United States (43 out of 61 sites) have had significant tritium leaks that contaminated groundwater in excess of federal drinking water limits. (thebulletin.org)
By this time, tritium reached the groundwater that enters the Mississippi River. (thebulletin.org)
Radioactive tritium-contaminated water" leaked into groundwater at the nuclear facility, and caused "alarming levels" of radioactivity to be found at three of the 40 monitoring wells at the nuclear facility. (boingboing.net)
Yesterday I learned that radioactive tritium-contaminated water leaked into the groundwater at the Indian Point Nuclear facility. (boingboing.net)
Recent samples from our ongoing comprehensive groundwater monitoring program identified elevated levels of tritium in three monitoring wells out of several dozen at Indian Point. (boingboing.net)
A high level of tritium in groundwater was reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when first discovered, which published the "nonemergency" report in its public list of nuclear events the next day. (legalectric.org)
On 7/5/2013, Tepco measured 600,000,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from the groundwater of the same boring. (fukushima-diary.com)
MONTICELLO ( WJON News ) - Monitoring wells near the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant indicate tritium-tainted groundwater may be present near the Mississippi River. (mix949.com)
The latest tests show about 1,000 pico-curies of tritium per liter in groundwater tests, well below the 20,000 pico-curies per liter allowed in the Safe Drinking Water Standard. (mix949.com)

The water had been used to cool melted nuclear fuel at the plant but has undergone a treatment process that removes most radionuclides except tritium. (kyodonews.net)
This water is treated through a complex filtering system that eliminates most of the harmful radioactive elements, except tritium, before being stored in tanks for disposal. (laprensalatina.com)

Routine releases of airborne tritium are also not trivial. (thebulletin.org)
The sampling and measurement of airborne tritium is an essential component of workplace monitoring at heavy water handling facilities and nuclear reactors using heavy water as coolant and moderator. (researchgate.net)

The leak has been fixed, and Xcel Energy reports they've recovered 75 percent of the tritium that was released. (mix949.com)

Tritium achieved record revenue of $112 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, a year-over-year growth rate of over 286% over the $29 million in revenue for the comparative prior six-month period. (yahoo.com)
Significant increases in production capacity throughout the fiscal year, including in the first half of the 2023 calendar year, have occurred as Tritium's Tennessee facility scales, enabling Tritium to convert its backlog into revenue and expand its gross margin as the benefits of operating leverage materialize. (yahoo.com)

As part of his well-researched monograph, Makhijani underscores this point by including a detailed atmospheric dispersion study that he commissioned, indicating that tritium (HTO) from the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois has been literally raining down from gaseous releases - as it incorporates with precipitation to form tritium oxide (HTO)-something that occurs at water cooled reactors. (thebulletin.org)
It involves condensation of tritium oxide in the air using a commercially available thermoelectric cooling module which has removed uncertainty in the availability of dry ice or desiccant. (researchgate.net)

Their experiment could not isolate tritium, which was first accomplished in 1939 by Luis Alvarez and Robert Cornog, who also realized tritium's radioactivity. (wikipedia.org)
The low energy of tritium's radiation makes it difficult to detect tritium-labeled compounds except by using liquid scintillation counting. (wikipedia.org)

The state of Illinois and Will County officials sued the owners and operators of the facility in 2006, claiming they failed to report leaks of radioactive tritium from the facility. (thebulletin.org)
For several years, US power reactors have been contaminating ground water via large, unexpected tritium leaks from degraded subsurface piping and spent nuclear fuel storage pool infrastructures. (thebulletin.org)
The issue of tritium in the ground is a well-studied issue, including by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which has previously concluded historic leaks of tritium to the ground at Indian Point have no effect on public health or safety. (boingboing.net)

UK customer Evyve also recently published their achievement of 98% uptime across their fleet of Tritium fast chargers, and Australia's largest public fast charging network, Evie Networks, reports uptime of 97% across their Tritium fleet. (yahoo.com)
Founded in 2001, Tritium (NASDAQ: DCFC) designs and manufactures proprietary hardware and software to create advanced and reliable DC fast chargers for electric vehicles. (whnt.com)
Tritium DCFC Ltd. , a provider of direct current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EV), has opened its new EV fast charger manufacturing facility, and its first U.S.-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tenn. (ngtnews.com)

That's why we've wrangled up the following watches, all equipped with tritium illumination tubes, for all your low-light timekeeping needs. (hiconsumption.com)
Even if you're unfamiliar with its name, there's a pretty good chance you've seen something with tritium illumination - or you're at least keen as to what tritium does. (hiconsumption.com)
ArmourLite revolutionized the watch industry as the first manufacturer to combine shatterproof glass construction with tritium illumination. (billythetree.com)

Spent fuel storage pools are considered the largest source of gaseous tritium releases. (thebulletin.org)
Rather, it must be paired with phosphorous and, together, typically sealed inside a hermetically-sealed glass tube - known as a GTLS (Gaseous Tritium Light Source). (hiconsumption.com)
In one single process, the unit is sealed by a CO2 laser and injected with gaseous Tritium. (unitednuclear.com)

In this picture the phosphorus coating on the tritium vial is being energised by UV light. (shapeways.com)
As well as selling the ring bodies on Shapeways, I can also offer fully assembled tritium rings, with the full range of vial colour options (green, yellow, orange, red, purple, deep blue, ice blue and white), set using Norland adhesive. (shapeways.com)
It contains one green vial of tritium, no white outline to distract the eye. (suarezinternational.com)

The distributions of tritium/He-3, C-14 and Ar-39 observed in the period between 1985 and 1987 in the Greenland/Norwegian Seas and the Nansen Basin of the Arctic Ocean are presented. (columbia.edu)

We are very pleased to deliver these excellent revenue and margin results for our shareholders," said Tritium CEO Jane Hunter. (yahoo.com)
The call will feature prepared remarks from Tritium CEO Jane Hunter and CFO Rob Topol. (whnt.com)
As many as 35 million electric vehicles are expected to be in use by 2030 and those vehicles will require more powerful and convenient charging infrastructure," says Tritium CEO Jane Hunter. (ngtnews.com)

Tritium is most often produced in nuclear reactors by neutron activation of lithium-6. (wikipedia.org)
For applications in proposed fusion energy reactors, such as ITER, pebbles consisting of lithium bearing ceramics including Li2TiO3 and Li4SiO4, are being developed for tritium breeding within a helium-cooled pebble bed, also known as a breeder blanket. (wikipedia.org)
Especially in pressurized water reactors which only partially thermalize neutrons, the interaction between relatively fast neutrons and the boric acid added as a chemical shim produces small but non-negligible quantities of tritium. (wikipedia.org)
2,800 short tons) of heavy water a year, and it separates out about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) of tritium, making it available for other uses.CANDU reactors typically produce 130 grams (4.6 oz) of tritium per year, which is recovered at the Darlington Tritium Recovery Facility (DTRF) attached to the 3,512 MW electric Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. (wikipedia.org)
The company says its system is the world's first to process large volumes of light water across a range of concentrations to remove tritium contamination and allows for the recycling or clean release of reactor cooling water for light water reactors. (environmentalleader.com)
The industrial process of removing tritium from water has historically focused on cleaning highly contaminated "heavy water" for recycling back into nuclear reactors. (environmentalleader.com)
In addition radioactive materials such as tritium, carbon-14, sulfur-35, phosphorus-32 and others produced in nuclear reactors are used to label cells, proteins, and various chemicals. (nih.gov)

A great looking circa 1989 Rolex Submariner ref# 16610 with lightly patina'd luminous tritium indexes and matching patina'd hands on a gloss black dial. (wannabuyawatch.com)

Studies have shown that, if you were to break open a tritium watch and absorb 100% of the radioactivity, it would be no more dangerous to you than eating a banana every other day. (hiconsumption.com)
After subcutaneous or intramuscular administration of cytarabine labeled with tritium, peak-plasma levels of radioactivity are achieved about 20 to 60 minutes after injection and are considerably lower than those after intravenous administration. (nih.gov)

Rainfall in 1963 was found in the Northern Hemisphere to contain 1,000 times more tritium than background levels. (thebulletin.org)

The 47mm blue and gray accented Swiss Made watch features 18 ultrabright T100 tritium markers that will glow for many decades. (billythetree.com)

designed to hold three 2x6mm tritium vials (not included) in the slot, that runs across the ring's face. (shapeways.com)
The tritium vials should be set using a UV activated optically clear adhesive such as Norland 61 or Loctite glass bond. (shapeways.com)
High pressure Tritium gas is sealed inside these small borosilicate glass vials, and continuously emits low energy Beta radiation (electrons). (unitednuclear.com)

Featuring 39.5mm diameter case with acrylic crystal and red and blue "Pepsi" 24 hour bezel, and gloss black tritium lume dial with white gold luminous surrounds and patina'd cream color luminous indexes and closely matching hands. (wannabuyawatch.com)

Grex Tritium TS Dual Action Side Gravity Airbrush Sets feature side-mount reservoirs that give you a straight line of sight to where you're spraying. (dickblick.com)
Needed a shorter front sight at .125 wide with a tritium tube. (dawsonprecision.com)

The instrument is capable of collecting 2-3 ml of sample in 30 min at a relative humidity level of about 60% and temperature of about 25.5°C. The quantity of sample collected is sufficient for the estimation of tritium concentration in air. (researchgate.net)
Especially tritium tends to remain in heavy water, so that nano bubble having high concentration of oxygen is used on a gas-liquid decomposition device, or the contaminated water is injected into treatment water of the subsequent stage for mixing and dispersing the tritium. (google.com)
Therefore, a series of treatment methods for radiation-contaminated water in which tritium is finely mixed and diffused by using nanobubbles of high-concentration oxygen in a gas-liquid dissolution apparatus or by injecting them into post-treatment water. (google.com)
La concentration en tritium de cet échantillon n'est pas encore donnée. (fukushima-diary.com)
The remaining tritium is then diluted to one-40th of the concentration permitted under Japanese safety standards before being released into the Pacific Ocean via an underwater tunnel 1 kilometer from the seaside plant, which was wrecked by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. (kyodonews.net)
TEPCO publishes daily the results of its tritium concentration analysis, the only radioactive isotope that cannot be eliminated with current radioactive water cleaning systems, which remain below the country's legal limits, in line with the guidelines of international security. (laprensalatina.com)
The treated water is diluted to reduce the levels of tritium present to less than a quarter of the concentration allowed according to national safety regulations and within standards considered by the IAEA, a common practice in the normal operations of nuclear power plants. (laprensalatina.com)

You see, unlike alternative coatings and LED lights, tritium is a good deal more expensive - which is reflected in the MSRP of any tritium watch - thanks to its rarity. (hiconsumption.com)

This highly scattered regulatory regime has been ineffective at limiting tritium contamination, much less reducing it. (thebulletin.org)

While in the depths of the sea, theunidirectional ratcheting diver bezel with two tritium markers will helpyou keep track of elapsed bottom time. (billythetree.com)

We're in detailed discussions with Tritium about having a joint facility where we'll be manufacturing EV products in Brisbane. (afr.com)
Nexport wants to build a battery testing facility in Brisbane in partnership with Tritium, so it can demonstrate the safety of electric batteries. (afr.com)
Tritium being an internal hazard, its workplace monitoring and assessment of internal exposure of workers is a regulatory requirement for the facility. (researchgate.net)

These may include, but are not limited to, unlabeled tritium or I-125 labeled opioid peptides and related compounds. (nih.gov)

The prefecture for the Paris region together with the local water supply company have dismissed as 'fake news' rumours circulating on social media that drinking water in the French capital is contaminated by dangerous levels of the radioactive isotope tritium. (mediapart.fr)
The mobile tritium detector M ionix is used for continuous measurement of tritium levels and other β emitter gases in ambient air. (mirion.com)
Officials with Xcel Energy say low levels of tritium have been detected in wells about 30 feet from the Mississippi River, but no tritium has been detected in the river itself. (mix949.com)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published the results of its first analysis of radioactive isotopes in the area of the Pacific Ocean where the treated water from Fukushima is being dumped and confirmed safe levels of tritium. (laprensalatina.com)
This represents the first independent sampling and analysis of waters in the area indicating that "tritium levels are below Japan's operational limit," the entity said in a statement. (laprensalatina.com)

Tritium is focused on continuous innovation in support of our customers around the world. (whnt.com)

In particular, tritium tends to remain among heavy waters. (google.com)

Willard Libby recognized in 1954 that tritium could be used for radiometric dating of water and wine. (wikipedia.org)
This reaction has a quite small absorption cross section, making heavy water a good neutron moderator, and relatively little tritium is produced. (wikipedia.org)
Tritium is present in minute concentrations in natural water. (britannica.com)
This naturally formed tritium ends up in the form of water and reaches the surface of Earth in rain. (britannica.com)
When a sample of water is stored, it gradually loses its tritium because of radioactive decay. (britannica.com)
Thus by analyzing water for its tritium content, it is possible to elucidate details of water circulation among oceans, the atmosphere, rivers, and lakes. (britannica.com)
Although its rarity and usefulness in some applications gives it a high monetary value, tritium is also a radioactive contaminant that has been released widely to the air and water from nuclear power and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plants. (thebulletin.org)
Nuclear waste cleanup firm Kurion today announced it has completed construction and testing of a prototype system that removes tritium from contaminated water. (environmentalleader.com)
Kurion says the Modular Detritiation System (MDS) is a cost-effective system to manage tritium and eliminate the release of tritiated water to the environment. (environmentalleader.com)
Kurion says its prototype MDS offers operators of nuclear sites a new tool for managing tritium, including the ability to reduce or recycle their water to eliminate the need to release tritiated water into the environment. (environmentalleader.com)
The conventional tritium air sample collection methods are condensation, bubbling, and trapping with appropriate media such as dry ice, water, and desiccants, respectively. (researchgate.net)
The tritium did not affect any source of drinking water onsite or offsite. (boingboing.net)
The Cammenga G.I. Special Tritium Lensatic Compass is shock, water and sand proof, and functional from -50ÂºF to +150ÂºF. (schooluniforms.com)
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating contaminated water.SOLUTION: Fine particles (bentonite rare earth, active carbon, and zeolite) and an iron-based blending type coagulant having a coagulant property are injected into contaminated water containing tritium or the like by high density coagulation in an early stage, and then the contaminated water is agitated for a long period. (google.com)

Beta particles from tritium can penetrate only about 6.0 millimetres (0.24 in) of air, and they are incapable of passing through the dead outermost layer of human skin. (wikipedia.org)
In fact, the energy produced by tritium isn't even strong enough to penetrate human skin, thus making it perfect for use in wearable gear - like watches , of course. (hiconsumption.com)
Only a very small quantity of Tritium gas in sealed within the tube, and the low-level Beta radiation cannot penetrate the inner glass tube. (unitednuclear.com)

Le 5 juillet 2013, Tepco relève 600 000 000 (600 millions de) Bq/m³ de tritium dans les eaux souterraines du même forage. (fukushima-diary.com)

With a radioactive half-life of 12.3 years, tritium falls from the sky and decays, creating a steady-state global equilibrium that comes to about three to seven kilograms of tritium. (thebulletin.org)

Makhijani makes it clear that the impacts of tritium on human health, especially when it is taken inside the body, warrant much more attention and control than they have received until now. (thebulletin.org)

Thirty-nine states, and nine federal agencies (the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of Agriculture are all responsible for regulating tritium. (thebulletin.org)
The project made it possible to conclude that the tritium radiation protection measures and regulatory mechanisms are adequate in protecting the health and safety of Canadians. (gc.ca)

Naturally occurring tritium is extremely rare on Earth. (wikipedia.org)
Tritium is commonly created in nuclear power plants but also occurs naturally in the environment. (mix949.com)

These tritium-and-phosphorous tubes create a radioluminescent light source that will glow, without the need for any kind of "recharging," for somewhere between 10-20 years - although there are some claims that it will last even longer (more on that below). (hiconsumption.com)

Nexport Mobility is planning to team up with charging group Tritium to make electric vehicles in Brisbane, executive director Luke Todd said as he confirmed a $110 million funding injection from Hong Kong's Tor Investment Management. (afr.com)

Seven Tritium Micro Lights allow for navigation in low-light conditions. (schooluniforms.com)

High-energy neutrons can also produce tritium from lithium-7 in an endothermic (net heat consuming) reaction, consuming 2.466 MeV. (wikipedia.org)
High-energy neutrons irradiating boron-10 will also occasionally produce tritium: A more common result of boron-10 neutron capture is 7 Li and a single alpha particle. (wikipedia.org)
These high uptime achievements are a major strategic objective for the business and verification of our world-leading technology - beyond those named customers, our global fleet data shows a growing number of customers across the fuel, fleet, and charging network segments achieving between 97% and 99% uptime across their Tritium charger networks. (yahoo.com)

Next year, Tritium is expected to produce its PKM150 chargers, which launched in December 2021. (ngtnews.com)

These documents include correspondence regarding tritium and strategic arms reduction. (utexas.edu)

These are the best tritium watches. (hiconsumption.com)

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