Radiation News Roundup for August 1, 2013
Geiger Readings for August 1, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .061 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .123 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .105 microsieverts per hour
Romain lettuce from Cosco = .095 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .067 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .057 microsieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 35 - Arguments Over Disarmament
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had tens of thousands of nuclear warheads targeted and ready to launch in minutes. Fortunately for the future of the human race, after a number of treaties and the end of the Cold War, the United States and the Russian Federation only have a few thousand warheads each. Other nuclear powers have a few hundred each. North Korea has a few warheads and Iran appears to be on the verge of creating a warhead.
Geiger Readings for July 31, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .096 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .078 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .102 microsieverts per hour
Iceberg lettuce from Cosco = .083 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .095 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .070 microsieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 46 - Hanford Waste Flowing into the Columbia River
I have written many articles about the problems at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Central Washington State. There so many issues at Hanford that I could do a daily blog on just Hanford and never run out of material. Many citizen groups, including the Heart of America Northwest, are pressuring Washington State and Federal departments such as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move more aggressively to stop the horrible environmental damage that is ongoing at Hanford.
Geiger Readings for July 30, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = .056 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .087 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .065 microsieverts per hour
Hass avacado from Cosco = .173 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .099 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .087 microsieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 38 - San Onofre Shut Down Impact
I have posted a previous blog entries about the San Onofre reactor near San Diego. The two operating reactors were shut down in January of 2012 because of unexpected corrosion in three thousand tubes following the replacement of four steam generators. Southern California Edison (SCE), the owners of the power plant, had contracted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (HMI), a Japanese company, to build the new steam generators.