Geiger Readings for May 11, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 154 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 150 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 339 - Workers Exposed To Radiation During Soil Removal Around Reactor Site At McMurdo Station In Antarctica
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McMurdo Station
The U.S. Navy operated a nuclear power reactor at McMurdo Station in Antarctica from 1962 to 1973. The reactor was similar to the reactors on U.S. Navy vessels and it supplied electricity and desalinated water to the McMurdo Station. There were over four hundred documented safety problems at the reactor during that period of time.
Geiger Readings for May 10, 2018
Geiger Readings for May 10, 2018 Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 141 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 148 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 559 - University of Lincoln Researchers Working On Nuclear Industry Robots That Can Learn Independently
I have written about the use of robots in the nuclear industry in prior blog posts. A number of robots were used in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The primary use of these robots was to explore the areas of the ruined reactors that were too radioactive for human beings to inspect. Unfortunately, many of these robots were rapidly destroyed by the heat and radioactivity.
Geiger Readings for May 09, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 148 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 129 nanosieverts per hour
BWX Technologies Is Working On A New Generator For Mo-99 And Tc-99
The short-lived radioisotope technetium-99m (Tc-99) is used for more than thirty million medical procedures each year for treatment and diagnosis around the world. Tc-99m is the most widely used radioisotope for medical imaging. Tc-99m is generated from molybdenum-99 (MO-99) which also has a short half-life. They have to be used quickly after they are produced.