January 2014
Geiger Readings for January 6, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Red bell pepper from Top Foods = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 5, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 129 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 138 nanosieverts per hour
Red bell pepper from Top Foods = 125 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 57 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 4, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Banana from Top Foods = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 78 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Alaskan Copper River Salmon = 82 63 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 4, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Banana from Top Foods = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 78 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Alaskan Copper River Salmon = 82 63 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 2 - Discovery of Fusion
In 1929, Robert Atkinson of Rutgers University in the U.S. and Friedrich Houtermans of the Georg-August University of Gottingen in Germany were working on a theory of nuclear fusion as the basis for stellar energy production. They applied George Gamow's theory of quantum tunneling and Albert Einstein's famous equation E = MC2 to combining or fusing nuclei of light elements to form heavier elements.
Geiger Readings for January 3, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water =83 nanosieverts per hour
Red seedless grapes from Top Foods =77 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 53 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 1 - Introduction
I have focused on nuclear reactors that utilize nuclear fission to generate power because they have existed and functioned for decades. I have briefly covered some esoteric reactor types such as sodium cooled fast breeder reactors, thorium reactors and small modular reactors although they not proven technologies even after a great deal of research and development.
Geiger Readings for January 2, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 55 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 60 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomato from Top Foods = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Issues
New Year's Day is often seen as a good time to pause in the daily routine and broaden your perspective to cover the year that just passed and the year that is to come. In the past year I have tried to cover as many facets of the global nuclear power sector as possible. There are so many things to keep track of that it has been a bit daunting at times.
Geiger Readings for January 1, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 137 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Romain lettuce from Top Foods = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 77 nanosieverts per hour