Democrat Ben Ray Lujan is the U.S. Representative from New Mexico’s Third Congressional District. Last Tuesday, he introduced a bill in the House to expand a compensation program for all those exposed to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining. The bill seeks to address the fallout across the western U.S., Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 51 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 56 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 56 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 80 nanosieverts per hour
I have often blogged about the problem with nuclear waste. Fission reactors produce spent nuclear fuel that is radioactive and can be dangerous for thousands of years. To date, the best solution to the accumulating spent nuclear fuel from the world’s nuclear power reactors is to bury it in deep underground geological repositories.
Ambient office = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
