Geiger Readings for Sep 19, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Sep 18, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 68 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 69 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear News Roundup Sep 17, 2022
Initial funding in place for Pallas construction world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for Sep 17, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Nuclear Reactors 1062 - U.S. Department Of Energy Is Studying Transitioning Retired Coal Power Plant Sites To Nuclear Power Plants
Siting a nuclear power plant at the site of a recently retired coal power plant is referred to a coal-to-nuclear (C2N) transition. Such conversions could help increase the U.S. nuclear capacity to over three hundred and fifty gigawatts. The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) report on C2N conversions is titled Investigating Benefits and Challenges of Converting Retiring Coal Plants into Nuclear Plants.
Geiger Readings for Sep 16, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 877 - South Korea Is Working On Geological Repository For Low-level and Intermediate-level Radioactive Waste
South Korea has been working on a geological repository for low and intermediate level radioactive waste at Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang province. They just held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the construction of the second phase of near-surface disposal facilities.