Investigation of the Environmental Fate of Tritium in the Atmosphere

About the report

The Investigation of the Environmental Fate of Tritium in the Atmosphere report is one of a series of research studies being produced by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) under its Tritium Studies Project. The goal of the research is to expand the body of knowledge on tritium and to further enhance regulatory oversight of tritium-related activities in Canada.

Highlights

The study reports that:

• Tritium behaviour in air and water is reasonably well understood and can be modeled with reasonable accuracy.
• The standard air models used for verifying releases are somewhat conservative and therefore suitable to estimate annual public dose.
• There is a need to resolve discrepancies between air monitoring results from active and passive samplers to reduce uncertainties in measured values.

Read the report: Investigation of the Environmental Fate of Tritium in the Atmosphere (PDF)

Related links

• Tritium studies