Geiger Readings for February 1, 2013

Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
 
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
 
Soil exposed to rain water = 92 nanosieverts per hour
 
Vine ripened tomato from Top Foods = 92 nanosieverts per hour
 
Tap water = 118 nanosieverts per hour
 
Filtered water =111 nanosieverts per hour
 
Alaskan Copper River Salmon = 99 nanosieverts per hour

Nuclear Reactors 101 - Russian Assistance in Ukraine Nuclear Program

           In my last post, I talked about how there is a civil war brewing in Ukraine over Russian involvement in Ukrainian affairs. There is a substantial Russian minority in Ukraine. During the Soviet years, Ukraine was the second most powerful member of the Soviet Union after Russia but it was ultimately controlled by the central Soviet government.

Nuclear Reactors 100 - Threats Against Nuclear Reactors in Ukraine

           There are many different important issues when considering nuclear power. I have spent a lot of time on the threat nuclear weapons and the environmental, health, technical and economic issues of nuclear reactors. I have posted blogs that dealt with the possibilities that terrorists could target nuclear reactors and/or nuclear waste storage.

Radioactive Waste 51 - Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County Texas 1

           Harold Simmons, who died in December of 2013, was a Texas billionaire who established a site for disposing of radioactive waste in West Texas. Simmons made his money in garbage collection, drug stores, metals and chemicals. He has been called the "King of Superfund Sites."

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