Geiger Readings for May 3, 2014

Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 86 nanosieverts per hour
 
Ambient outside = 67 nanosieverts per hour
 
Soil exposed to rain water = 74 nanosieverts per hour
 
Orange bell pepper from Top Foods = 98 nanosieverts per hour
 
Tap water = 112 nanosieverts per hour
 
Filtered water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
 
Halibut - Caught in Canada = 86 nanosieverts per hour

Nuclear Reactors 122 - Prospects Dimming for Small Modular Reactors

           I have blogged before about small modular reactors (SMR). There are different definitions of SMRs but for the purpose of this post, they generate under five hundred megawatts. The intent is to mass produce them in factories and then transport them to sites where they will be used. SMRs are still being designed, with investors and customers being sought. The U.S.

Nuclear Reactors 121 - Taiwan Protestors Stop Construction on Fourth Nuclear Power Plant

           The island of Taiwan currently has three nuclear power plants with a total of six reactors that generate about almost five gigawatts. The nuclear power plants provide about twenty percent of the electricity for Taiwan. The existing nuclear power plants are scheduled to be decommissioned between 2018 and 2025. The biggest semiconductor plants in the world are located in Taiwan. About half of the electricity on the island are used by the electronics and petrochemical industries.

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