Tritium in landfill leachates

As part of the federal government's radioactivity monitoring with the "Integrated Measurement and Information System" (IMIS) the official measuring stations of the Federal States will also measure the radioactivity in the leachate of landfills. The landfills listed in the annual reports of the BMU/BfS Tritium (${}^3$H) measurements show that in landfill leachate values significantly higher than those found in precipitation water. Even though these values have been known for many years and the tritium in the waste, they are not controlled in the waste management system. The subject has become an emotionally charged issue in the political dispute on the release of wastes from the the dismantling of nuclear power plants.