Tritium hazard rating 'should be doubled'

Tritium hazard rating 'should be doubled'

17:47 29 November 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Rob Edwards

Radioactive tritium, commonly discharged in large amounts by civil and military nuclear plants around the world, may be more dangerous than previously thought.

The cancer risk for people exposed to tritium could be twice as high as previously assumed, an expert report for the UK government's Health Protection Agency (HPA) concludes.