I would prefer the low-level radioactive water.<p>In fact, given the choice, I would rather drink the water directly out of the Savannah&#x27;s holding tank than breathe the exhaust of a bunker-burning cargo ship.<p>While I couldn&#x27;t find the numbers to back this up, I suspect that unfiltered water from the Mississippi River is more radioactive, thanks to the lingering fallout from  nuclear weapons tests.<p>An item can be classified as low-level nuclear waste if it exits a controlled nuclear facility with lower levels of radioactivity than the same sort of item found in general commerce.  A paper hospital gown discarded from a radiation therapy room is LLW, even if it is less radioactive than another paper gown from another part of the same hospital that had pureed banana spilled on it.<p>Gallon simply does not have a conversion factor to Becquerels.  The total <i>volume</i> of waste released tells us <i>absolutely nothing</i> about the actual or potential environmental damage that release represents.