Nuclear News Roundup Oct 31, 2024
China eyes expansion of radioisotope industry world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for Oct 31, 2024
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Technology 1 - The China National Nuclear Corporation Just Announced The Production Of A Semiconductor Chip That Can Detect Radiation
A state-owned nuclear technology company in China has announced that it is starting mass production of a world-first chip that can detect radiation. The announcement adds to the long list of semiconductor related breakthroughs that have come from the China in the past few years.
Geiger Readings for Oct 30, 2024
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1440 - NextEra Considering Reopening Duane Arnold Energy Center Nuclear Power plant
John Ketchum is the CEO of NextEra Energy. He says that “There are only a few nuclear plants that can be recommissioned in an economic way, and newer technologies like small modular reactors remain financially infeasible.”
Geiger Readings for Oct 29, 2024
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1439 - Deep Atomic Announces The MK60 Small Modular Reactor For Data Centers
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The Deep Atomic (DA) MK60 small modular reactor (SMR) design has been developed specifically to provide power and cooling to data centers.