So with everything that has happened in Japan

[ShadeWPI]

One thing I didn't anticipate was radioactive contamination of the drinking water from another region. For example, a nuke has an incident in Ohio and fallout hits the Quabbin.

Because Seabrook and Plymouth aren't that close I didn't think that was much of a concern.

Garand,

That was my point about not relying on bleach/shock to clean your water. It's been 2 weeks and the wind has been blowing fairly consistantly east, yet the water 140 miles south, south west of the plant is showing elevated radiation levels.

 

[dcmdon]

Wont a filter intended to catch giardia and bacteria take radioactive particles out?

 

[n1zfg]

Wont a filter intended to catch giardia and bacteria take radioactive particles out?

Doubt it.
It won't catch anything that is dissolved in the water.
To get that, you need to use a reverse osmosis filtration system and a power supply to run it.

 

[n1zfg]

One thing I didn't anticipate was radioactive contamination of the drinking water from another region. For example, a nuke has an incident in Ohio and fallout hits the Quabbin.

Because Seabrook and Plymouth aren't that close I didn't think that was much of a concern.

Nuke plant(s) getting flushed is one thing I didn't think about several years ago when there was talk about a potential Atlantic mega tsunami. They simulated La Palma island collapsing. It predicted a 150 foot tall mega tsunami. That kind of thing would not only wipe out pilgrim, but probably reach far enough inland to flush all of their prepositoned emergency supplies.

 

[dcmdon]

Doubt it.
It won't catch anything that is dissolved in the water.
To get that, you need to use a reverse osmosis filtration system and a power supply to run it.

I pretty sure that the bulk of the radioactivity is Cesium particulates, not stuff thats disolved. This abstract gives some credence to that: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15923068

If thats the case, then you just need the right particulate filter. Although then the problem is that as the filter collects particulates, it will become a source of radioactivity itself.

Don

 

[P-14]

Although then the problem is that as the filter collects particulates, it will become a source of radioactivity itself.

Then, it'll kill the bacteria while it filters them out because it glows in the dark!

 

[OPM]

Then, it'll kill the bacteria while it filters them out because it glows in the dark!

Better yet, he could sell it to Iranians for big $$$.