TBerk wrote:
Here's a question along those lines:

What happens to a large body of say a Colonies Drinking Water if its
used as Radiation Shielding?

For example (and please excuse the OT nature of this thread) if a below
the surface habitat had a cavern overhead filled with a large amout of
water and it had a dual use as drinking/agricultural supply as well as
a mass to aid with blocking unwanted radiation- what would happen to
the water itself when exposed to said radiation?

Would elecrolysis be the the main problem? Perhaps ionization or the
formation of 'Heavy Water"? (And would that be a problem?)



It wouldn't be very efficient to transport large quantities of
water versus recycling it. Still the idea has merit.

Formation of heavy water? I don't think so!