Geiger Readings for Nov 09, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 94 nanosieverts per hour
November 2015
Geiger Readings for Nov 08, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Nov 07, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 298 - Confusion in South Africa's Plans For Nuclear Power Reactors
South Africa has been considering a major move into nuclear power generation. The government has discussed possible contracts with a number of different reactor vendors.
Geiger Readings for Nov 06, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 154 - A New Process For Separating Americium From Spent Nuclear Fuel
Americium is a highly radioactive transuranic element that has an atomic number of 95 and is represented by the symbol "Am." Americium is produced by bombarding uranium or plutonium with neutrons in a nuclear reactor. One ton of spent nuclear fuel contains about ten grams of americium.
Geiger Readings for Nov 05, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 64 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 80 nanosieverts per hour
There Is No Safe Level Of Exposure To Ionizing Radiation
I have posted essays before about the health effects of ionizing radiation. There is a varying low level of natural radioactivity every where on Earth. Often, emissions from nuclear power plants are compared to the background natural level of radiation and dismissed if they are not more radioactive than the background.
Geiger Readings for Nov 04, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 170 - Communicating A Message To The Public About Nuclear War
Recently Peter Donaldson died in the UK. He was a newsreader for the BBC and he recorded an announcement that would have been used if nuclear war had broken out. Considering that I have been talking a lot lately about the possibility of nuclear war, I thought it would be interesting to explore how the BBC intended to speak to the British people in the eventuality of a nuclear attack on Britain.
Geiger Readings for Nov 03, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 297 - Chinese Nuclear Ambitions May Post Existential Threat To Humanity - Part Two of Two Parts
Part Two of Two Parts (Please read Part One first)
Geiger Readings for Nov 02, 2015
Radiation News Roundup Nov 02, 2015
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 113 nanosieverts per hour