Ask HN: Can commercially viable helium be made from Fukushima Tritium?

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8 years ago

Fukushima has a tritiated water problem: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004451987.

Simple science sources say tritiated water decays to produce helium-3. Helium is useful for cryogenics. Every MRI machine can use some.

We have a worldwide shortage of Helium. It used to be extracted from gas wells. There are less sources. Fukushima has an excess tritium problem.

Is this a problem which can become a solution?

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