The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located in southern New Mexico. It is the only underground nuclear waste repository in the U.S. It is intended primarily for waste generated in research and construction of nuclear weapons. The U.S. General Accounting Office just issued a report that the U.S.
Ambient office = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Rolls-Royce SMR design accepted for review world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 71 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Romaine lettuce from Central Market = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Marvel Fusion was founded in 2019. It is one of many startups trying to develop commercial nuclear fusion power reactors. The German company is utilizing an innovative approach that employs lasers instead of magnets. So far they have raised seventy million dollars. They are still years and billions of dollars away from even constructing a prototype.
Ambient office = 50 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 104 nanosieverts per hour
