Radiation News Roundup January 16, 2014
Fukushima Daiichi seafront well radiation skyrockets. fukuleaks.org
January 2015
Geiger Readings for January 16, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 198 - France May Build More Nuclear Reactors To Replace Its Aging Fleet
Germany is shutting down all of their nuclear reactors. Other European countries are investing heavily in alternative energy sources. France gets about seventy five percent of its electricity from nuclear power. France's lower house of parliament has passed a law that would reduce France's dependence on nuclear power from seventy five to fifty percent.
Geiger Readings for January 15, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 71 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 197 - Japan Has A New State Secrets Law That Will Reduce Media Coverage of Fukushima Disaster
I have posted many times about the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 and its aftermath. I also post a lot of links to articles about the consequences of the Fukushima disaster. It has impacted Japan socially, economically, politically, environmentally, and in many other ways.
Geiger Readings for January 14, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 132 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 196 - Russia Has Ambitious But Unrealistic Nuclear Reactor Export Plans
In previous blog posts, I have often mentioned the ambition of the Russian government to be a major supplier of nuclear reactors to foreign nations. The negotiations between India and Russia for the construction of twenty one new nuclear reactors has been all over the news lately.
Geiger Readings for January 13, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 118 - Is Syria Working On Nuclear Weapons at Hidden Base?
In September of 2007, Israeli jets bombed an unidentified target in Syrian desert about twenty miles from Deir el-Zor. The Syrians said that some Israeli jets invaded Syrian airspace and were forced to leave after dropping some munitions on in the desert. They claimed that the munitions caused no damage or injury. The Israelis said that their jets never went into Syria at all on the day in question.
Geiger Readings for January 12, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 112 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 11, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 10, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 195 - Bulgaria Wants New Westinghouse AP-1000 Nuclear Power Reactor
If nuclear power were just a matter of designing a safe, efficient nuclear reactor, then it might be a good choice for a source of power. Unfortunately, there are many other factors that play a role in the implementation of nuclear power. Economic, environmental, health, political, social and other factors relating to nuclear power must be assessed.