Geiger Readings for September 1, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .106 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .116 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .117 microsieverts per hour
Redleaf lettuce from Costco = .078 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .107 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .096 microsieverts per hour
Radiation News Roundup for August 31, 2013
Why Fukushima is worse than you think. globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com
Geiger Readings for August 31, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .084 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .089 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .100 microsieverts per hour
Carrot from Costco = .113 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .134 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .105 microsieverts per hour
Radioactivity from Fracking
The relationship between fracking and nuclear power is complex. The most obvious connection is the fact that inexpensive natural gas being produced by the current fracking boom in the United States is making nuclear power unprofitable and has already contributed to the decision to close two nuclear reactors in the United States. However, it turns out that there is another important link that is not so widely publicized.
Geiger Readings for August 30, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .093 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .078 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .088 microsieverts per hour
Fresh ground coffee from specialty store= .103 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .094 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .073 microsieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 44 - Vermont Yankee Bites the Dust!
I have written a number of posts about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and the political struggle in Vermont to close the plant. Vermont Yankee is located in Vernon, Vermont and its General Electric boiling water reactor generates about thirty five percent of the electricity used in Vermont. It began operating in 1972 and its original license expired in 2012. The NRC extended the plant license for an additional twenty years in 2011.
Geiger Readings for August 29, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .094 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .094 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .103 microsieverts per hour
Celery from Costco = .093 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .123 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .106 microsieverts per hour