Geiger Readings for Jun 02, 2019
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for June 01, 2019
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Researchers Investigate Protein That Protects Cells From Radiation
Radiotherapy is a very effective way to destroy cancerous cells and to shrink tumors. About half of patients with tumors in the gastrointestinal cavity which includes the liver, pancreas, colon, prostate, etc. are given radiotherapy treatments. This has increased the cancer survival rates in recent years.
Geiger Readings for May 31, 2019
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 53 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 682 - Corruption And Influence Peddling Suspected In Sale Of Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant
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Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant
I have spent a lot of time cataloguing the problems with nuclear power in this blog. Along the way, I have discussed incompetence and the ignoring of regulation by nuclear power plant operators. I have written about failure of nuclear regulatory agencies both in the U.S. and abroad.
Geiger Readings for May 30, 2019
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 43 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 49 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 50 nanosieverts per hour
1884 - Nuclear Weapons 684 - The E-4B Is A Flying Pentagon In Case Of Nuclear Attack
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Boeing E-4B
Air Force One is well known as the plane that carries the U.S. President. Much less publicized is the U.S. Air Force E-4B, intended to carry the U.S. Secretary of Defense and other federal officials in case of a nuclear attack.