Nucleotidings

       I have blogged before about the U.S. Department of Energy’s permanent defense related nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. It is located about twenty six miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico in an area that contains several other nuclear facilities. It is the only permanent deep geological nuclear waste repository in the United States since the cancellation of the Yucca Mountain Repository project in Nevada a few years ago.

Ambient office = .079 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .109 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = .102 microsieverts per hour

Banana from local grocery store =  .121 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .145 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .113 microsieverts per hour

Ambient office = .081 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .070 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = .063 microsieverts per hour

Iceberg lettuce from Costco =  .138 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .104 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .088 microsieverts per hour

Ambient office = .116 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .087 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = .98 microsieverts per hour

Romaine lettuce from Costco =  .139 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .072 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .066 microsieverts per hour