Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 29, 2013
Ambient office = .111 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .079 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .058 microsieverts per hour
Bartlett pear from Costco = .130 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .086 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .077 microsieverts per hour
Several weeks ago, I post four blogs about the situation at Magnuson Park in Seattle. There are a couple of rooms in old buildings and several outside areas in which radiation has been detected that was left over from repair of radium dials on airplanes during World War II when the park was an Naval airbase. The city of Seattle found out about the radiation in 2010 but did nothing about it aside from putting up some fences and small signs.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 28, 2013
Ambient office = .107 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .103 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .090 microsieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomatoes from Costco = .106 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .086 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .074 microsieverts per hour
I have posted a number of articles about the arms race and the proliferation of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. There have been a number of treaties that reduced the number of warheads that the U.S. and Russia have from the tens of thousands both sides possessed at the height of the Cold War. If countries are to dismantle warheads, how will it be done?
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 27, 2013
Ambient office = .089 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .071 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .076 microsieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomatoes from Costco = .094 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .108 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .093 microsieverts per hour
In previous posts, I have talked about how uranium mining has been disastrous for indigenous peoples and the environment in remote and desolate areas of the world. I have also mentioned my concern that nuclear companies may go bankrupt and dump the costs of cleaning up nuclear waste on the government and the taxpayers. Today’s post brings both of these concerns together.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 26, 2013
Ambient office = .128 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .097 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .088 microsieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomatoes from Costco = .085 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .082 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .065 microsieverts per hour
