I have leveled complaints against the U.S. nuclear regulatory process in many previous blog posts. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the contradictory mandate to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the U.S. and also to regulate the nuclear industry in the U.S. These goals are bound to fall into conflict. There have been numerous charges that the NRC has been too lenient with violation of regulations.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 9, 2013
Ambient office = .093 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .112 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .116 microsieverts per hour
Banana from local grocery store = .090 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .116 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .081 microsieverts per hour
The Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station is located on Lake Ontario near Oswego, New York. The plant contains two General Electric boiling water reactors. Unit One can generate six hundred and ten megawatts. It was issued an operation license for forty years in 1974 which was renewed for an additional twenty years in 2006. Unit Two can generate one thousand and eighty megawatts.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 8, 2013
Ambient office = .089 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .087 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .087 microsieverts per hour
Mango from local grocery store = .114 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .062 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .054 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 7, 2013
Ambient office = .070 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .051 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .079 microsieverts per hour
Kirkland salted butter from local Costco = .079 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .148 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .127 microsieverts per hour
