Radical formation via tritium to helium decay Following on from this question about tritium water, I was wondering whether the decay of tritium to helium-3 has ever been used in organic synthesis. Such a transition would presumably result in no strong $\ce{C-He}$ interaction and thus radical or cation formation at $\ce{C}$.
Here are two reasons why this approach would be impractical for organic synthesis:

(1) The half life of tritium is 12.3 years, so the decay is too slow to be practical as part of a synthetic method

(2) While on a scale of nuclear reactions, tritium decay is relatively low in energy emitted, it still dwarfs a typical chemical reaction (18.6 keV or 429,000 kCal/mole) and may cause degradation of the molecule (or the bulk material) in unpredictable ways.

But it could be useful for other types of chemical studies. I will defer to others in the forum to elaborate.