Yesterday I posted a blog article about problems with Rosatom, the Russian state corporation that regulates and promotes nuclear industry in Russia. I also mentioned problems with the Japanese nuclear industry and the South Korean nuclear industry. All three of these countries are busy trying to sell questionable nuclear technology to other countries. There are not a lot of countries manufacturing nuclear reactors these days.
Ambient office = .141 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .090 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .087 microsieverts per hour
Locally grow zuccinni from local grocery = .143 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .073 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .058 microsieverts per hour
I have had a lot to say about problems in the Japanese nuclear industry in previous blog posts. Major players in the industry have been shown to be corrupt as have government agencies that should be regulating the industry. TEPCO knew about the problems that caused the Fukushima disaster and could have done something about them before the tsunami. Other problems have been reported with reactor designs and manufacture of reactor components.
Ambient office = .102 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .121 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .100 microsieverts per hour
Banana from local grocery = .098 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .066 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .056 microsieverts per hour
We have all seen movies where they thought that they had killed the monster when suddenly it pops up again. It was generally believed that the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository in Nevada had been permanently cancelled and, to abuse the metaphor, it was dead. Now it seems that reports of its death may have been premature. Recently a federal appeals court has decided to resurrect the beast.
Ambient office = .067 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .138 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .101 microsieverts per hour
Locally baked ciabatta bread from local grocery = .123 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .129 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .124 microsieverts per hour
I have mentioned the problems the nuclear industry in South Korea (S.K.) are having with fraudulent parts replacement in previous posts. Today I am going to drill down into the South Korean scandal in more detail. For years, S.K. has depended on nuclear power for about one third of their electricity. Unfortunately, an unholy trinity of nuclear power companies, nuclear equipment suppliers and nuclear equipment testing companies has been recently been revealed that threatens the S.K.
