Nuclear Weapons 341 - Washington State Is Considering Lifting The Ban On Evacuation Planning For A Nuclear Attack - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Geiger Readings for Feb 02, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 340 - Washington State Is Considering Lifting The Ban On Evacuation Planning For A Nuclear Attack - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Geiger Readings for Feb 01, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 146 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 535 - Thor Energy Researching Thorium As A Mixed Oxide Fuel For Commercial Power Reactors
I have blogged before about the use of thorium as a nuclear fuel for power reactors. Usually it is in reference to the creation of special reactors designed specifically for thorium. Today I am going to talk about work being done to create a mixture of thorium and plutonium that would be suitable to power existing light water reactors.
Geiger Readings for Jan 31, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 544 - Researchers At A Russian University Are Investigating The Use Of Molybdenum Alloys For Fuel Rod Cladding
I have blogged in the past about research projects that are using molybdenum to produce a better nuclear fuel for reactors. Now researchers at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) Russia are working on improving the covering of nuclear fuel rods with a special form of molybdenum.