Geiger Readings for June 16, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
June 2015
Nuclear Reactors 256 - Serious Problems in the U.K. Hinkley Point EPR Project
I have posted in the past about problems with the Hinkley nuclear power plant project in the U.K. The French EDF company has been contracted to build a pair of nuclear reactors based on the new European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) design at Hinkley Point with international financing and a guaranteed price for the electricity generated.
Geiger Readings for June 15, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for June 14, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for June 13, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 255 - Australia Building New Facility to Produce Radioistopes for Nuclear Medicine
I have written in the past about problems with the supply of critical radioisotopes for medical uses. The U.S. and Canada are working on new methods for creating the radioisotopes and hope to make up the shortfall soon.
Geiger Readings for June 12, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 254 - Russians Are Working On Floating Nuclear Reactors To Power Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling
Nuclear power is often praised for its low-carbon emissions as a way of slowing climate change being fed by the use of fossil fuels worldwide. I have blogged before about the overlap between radioactive contamination and oil drilling. There are filters like huge socks that capture naturally occurring radioactive materials brought up from fracking wells.
Geiger Readings for June 11, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 19 - Management Problems At The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
I have done several blog posts on nuclear fusion research. I posted one article on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project. ITER is a huge project to build a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor in order to move from purely experimental fusion research to an actual system to generate electricity that could be a prototype for commercial power reactors.
Geiger Readings for June 10, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 253 - Arguments Over Rechartering the U.S. Export-Import Bank to Aid Nuclear Exports
The U.S. Export-Import Bank was created in 1934 by an executive order of the President. Its purpose is "financing and insuring foreign purchases of United States goods for customers unable or unwilling to accept credit risk. The mission of the Bank is to create and sustain U.S. jobs by financing sales of U.S. exports to international buyers." Its charter was last extended to June 30th, 2015.
Geiger Readings for June 09, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 71 nanosieverts per hour