Geiger Readings for September 9, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .121 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .112 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .128 microsieverts per hour
Banana from local grocery store = .126 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .117 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .102 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for September 8, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .089 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .133 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .122 microsieverts per hour
Mango from Costco = .095 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .067 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .055 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for September 7, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .087 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .100 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .066 microsieverts per hour
Red seedles grapes from Costco = .099 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .121 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .104 microsieverts per hour
376 - Nuclear Reactors 47 - New Molten Salt Reactor Design
Molten salt reactors have been explored in the past. They were originally seen as a possible power source for airplanes because they could be small enough for that application. In one type of molten salt reactor, fuel in the form of uranium tetraflouride is mixed with other chemicals and the heat generated by nuclear reactions turns the mixture molten. A graphite core serves the moderator. The molten salt circulates through a heat exchanger to create steam to power turbines.
Geiger Readings for September 6, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .079 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .102 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .100 microsieverts per hour
Packaged ham slice from Costco = .103 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .075 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .058 microsieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 46 - Concerns about China Reactor Building Boom
Yesterday, I posted an article about the nuclear reactor building boom going on in China. They currently have twenty seven reactors operating, twenty eight under construction, fifty more reactor projects scheduled and a hundred more being planned. This is a very ambitious program and I mentioned some concerns that I had about their reactor buildingplans.