Geiger Readings for June 17, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1237 - Kairos Power Is Moving Ahead With A Demonstration Hermes Molten Salt Reactor
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) for Kairos Power's application to construct their Hermes molten salt test reactor at a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Kairos says that it expects to receive a construction permit for the first of a kind reactor later this year.
Geiger Readings for June 16, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 57 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 57 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1236 - KGHM Polska Miedź SA Has Signed A Letter Of Intent With The Legnica Special Economic Zone For The Development Of SMRs in Poland
Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedź SA has signed a letter of intent with the Legnica Special Economic Zone (LSEZ). The Letter promises cooperation in research and development projects and investment initiatives related to small modular reactors (SMRs).
Geiger Readings for June 15, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1235 - Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Delivers TRISO Nuclear Fuel To NASA
The Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has recently delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel to the NASA Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion program. USNC states that this demonstrates the “flexibility, precision and value of its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility (PFM).