Geiger Readings for April 16, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomato from Top Foods = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 55 nanosieverts per hour
Nulcear Reactors 118 - Prospects for Small Modular Reactors are fading
There has been publicity lately touting the promise of small modular reactors (SMR). As defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a "small modular reactor" is a nuclear reactor with an output of less than three hundred megawatts. However, in the general usage of term, any reactor with an output of less than five hundred megawatts is considered to be a small reactor.
Geiger Readings for April 15, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomato from Top Foods = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 71 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 72 - The Global Threat Reductrion Initiative
The Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) is a program of the National Nuclear Security Administration under the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). Its mission is to "reduce and protect vulnerable nuclear and radiological material located at civilian sites worldwide." The GTRI have been very successful to date. There are three programs that are being carried out by the GTRI.
Geiger Readings for April 14, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Bartlett Pear from Top Foods = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 93 nanosieverts per hour