Geiger Readings for Jul 20, 2018
Ambient office = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 593 - Moltex Energy Working On Small Modular Reactors In New Brunswick, Canada
Early this year, Natural Resources Canada began a process to prepare a roadmap to guide exploration of the potential of on-grid and off-grid applications for small modular reactors (SMRs). Canada wants to be a leader in the SMR marketplace. The Canadian National Laboratories has established a goal of building and operating an SMR at its Chalk River site by 2026.
Geiger Readings for Jul 18, 2018
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 592 - World Nuclear Exhibition Discusses Culture of Global Nuclear Supply Chain
The World Nuclear Exhibition has just ended in Paris, France. There were over nine thousand attendees for around the world and six hundred and eighty exhibitors. The Exhibition is held every two years and is dedicated to vendors and discussions of nuclear safety and the global nuclear supply chain.
Geiger Readings for Jul 17, 2018
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 162 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 166 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 591 - International Energy Agency Issues A Report On Global Energy Investment
I have been saying for years that in the end it will be a matter of economics that will end the use of nuclear power in the United States. It will either be the steady drop of prices for renewables and the cheap fossil fuels that will scare off investors or it will be the massive public rejection of nuclear power after another major nuclear accident.