Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 6, 2013
Ambient office = .058 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .128 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .098 microsieverts per hour
Asparagas from local grocery store = .138 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .136 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .115 microsieverts per hour
Writing a blog is an interesting experience. You have a general subject area and an intended audience. Some writers express themselves very academically while others can get hysterical. Some writers are careful to stick to well established facts while others indulge in wild speculation and fantasy. I personally try to start with the facts and to keep my emotional reactions to a minimum.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 5, 2013
Ambient office = .115 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .103 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .096 microsieverts per hour
Red Carribian papaya from local grocery store = .086 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .127 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .094 microsieverts per hour
The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is located near Waterford, Connecticut in an old quarry and it draws cooling water from Niantic Bay on Long Island Sound. There are two operating General Electric pressurized water reactors on the site. Unit Two is an 870 megawatt Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor that started generating power in 1985 with a forty years license.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 4, 2013
Ambient office = .074 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .093 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .098 microsieverts per hour
Marinated artichoke hearts from local grocery store .112 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .116 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .108 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 3, 2013
Ambient office = .102 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .105 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .086 microsieverts per hour
Feta cheese from local grocery store .105 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .105 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .092 microsieverts per hour
The LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station is located eleven miles southeast of Ottawa, Illinois and serves the Chicago area. The plant contains two twelve hundred megawatt General Electric boiling water reactors. Unit One was put into operation in 1982 and Unit Two was put into operation in 1984. The reactor uses LaSalle Lake, a man-made two thousand acre lake, for cooling. The plant was built by Commonwealth Edison Company.
