Geiger Readings for December 06, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
December 2014
Nuclear Reactors 184 - Anti-nuclear Groups Oppose Nuclear Support in EPA Clean Energy Plan
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has been soliciting public comments for its proposed Clean Power Plan which is intended to reduce carbon emissions from power plants generating electricity. The Nuclear Information and Resource Service has been working to send thousands of public comments to the EPA that criticize the Plan.
Geiger Readings for December 05, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 183 - Most of Britain's Operating Nuclear Power Reactors Will Have to be Decommissioned in the Next Fifteen Years
I have blogged before about the aging nuclear reactors around the world and the need to decommission many of them in the near future. Today I am going to talk about the problems confronting the United Kingdom nuclear power industry.
Geiger Readings for December 04, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 182 - Problems at a Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
The Ukrainian government has announced that there was an accident at the nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar in the Ukrainian province of Zaporizhzhya. The biggest nuclear power plant in Europe suffered a short circuit which caused a loss of power from one of the six units at the plant.
Radiation News Roundup December 03, 2014
An Invisible Blanket of Death Covers Fukushima Province Area. commonground.ca
Geiger Readings for December 03, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 181 - International Energy Agency Issues Report on Nuclear Cooperation in the European Union
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just issued a report that recommends that incentives be offered to support the construction of new nuclear reactors to assist European Union members in reducing their carbon emissions. In its own words, "The IEA is an autonomous organization which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond.
Geiger Readings for December 02, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapon 110 - Problems at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the United Kingdom has just order a review of the costs and construction schedule for an important facility intended to enrich uranium to weapons grade for Trident nuclear submarines. Project Pegasus is the name of the billion dollar project being built at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire.
Geiger Readings for December 01, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for November 30, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for November 29, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 115 nanosieverts per hour