Geiger Readings for Jan 22, 2023
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 143 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 142 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 143 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 142 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Red bell pepper from Central Market = 77 nanosieverts per hour
The South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Committee has just granted planning permission for the construction of General Fusion’s Demonstration Plant (GFPD) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA's) Culham Campus near Oxford. Construction is expected to start later this year.
Ambient office = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 4 nanosieverts per hour
Last week, the news was full of announcements that an MIT startup had successfully tested a massive magnet that could allow them to achieve “net energy” with their nuclear fusion reactor. This week, scientists at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being constructed in France announced that they have received the first part of another giant magnet.
Ambient office = 798 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Doosan Enerbility of South Korea and NAC International of the U.S. have designed a new metal cask for storing spent nuclear fuel that has received design certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).