911 - Tritium

Tritium

In 2002, the paper "Study of Traces of Tritium at the World Trade Center" was presented at 
the American Chemical Society National Meeting.

This paper is well known in the "911 Truth Movement" for its presentation of anomalous 
levels of Tritium discovered at the WTC site 10 days after the attacks.

Of the 51 water samples analysed from the WTC complex, Manhattan, local reservoirs and 
Brooklyn (mainly), two samples from the basement of WTC 6 showed anomalously high 
levels of Tritium activity.

The levels measured were 3.53 ± 0.17 nCi/l and 2.83 ± 0.15 nCi/l of Tritium activity in this 
location.

We will use the units of Becquerels for the rest of this analysis because it is a much less 
disingenuous unit. 1 Bq = 1 radioactive disintegration per second. 1 nCi is 37 Bq.

In Becquerels, the WTC 6 basement Tritium levels equate to 130.6 Bq/l and 104.7 Bq/l.

The WTC storm sewer also showed somewhat raised levels of 0.164 ± 0.074 nCi/l (6.1 Bq/l) 
but according to figures cited by the authors this would be within normal background 
levels of Tritium in water in the US, cited at 0.1 - 0.2 nCi/l or 3.7 - 7.4 Bq/l.

The authors postulate that this Tritium in the WTC 6 basement came from two sources: 
Radio Luminescent Exit signs on board the two 767s which crashed into the towers and 
from Tritium night sights fitted to weapons stored at the site.

Before I comment on their very interesting analysis, I will present some key data from the 
recent report by Dr. Ian Fairlie "Cernavoda 3 and 4: Environment Impact Analysis: Report 
for Greenpeace" which "examines the existing releases of tritium, the radioactive isotope of 
hydrogen, from the Cernavoda 1 Candu reactor in Romania".

The Canadian CANDU reactor is known as a Heavy Water Reactor (HWR) because it uses 
deuterated water (heavy water) as the coolant and moderator. The deuterium atoms in the 
water capture neutrons from the core to moderate the reaction and become Tritium. 
Tritiation of ordinary un-deuterated coolant water also occurs to some extent in the 
widespread PWR and BWR reactor designs but to a much lower degree since H atoms will 
have to capture two neutrons to tritiate, while heavy water contains many D atoms that 
only require one more neutron to form Tritium (T).

CANDU reactors are therefore well known for being the most polluting reactors in terms of 
Tritium production, which is released into the surrounding environment in increasing 
amounts as time goes on from all reactors of this type.

Dr. Fairlie presents data on the levels of background Tritium present in the local 
environment around the Cernavoda reactor before it started operation in 1996 and 
compares it to the levels found in 1999. (Upper and Lower limits removed for clarity. 
Units: Bq/l or Bq/kg).

Cernavoda Environment - Tritium Levels (Bq/l)