Radioactive Waste 295 - Disposition Of Spent Nuclear Fuel From Closed San Onofre Reactors Is Still Uncertain - Part 2 of 2 parts
Part 2 of 2 (Please read Part 1 first)
Geiger Readings for Aug 31, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 129 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 294 - Disposition Of Spent Nuclear Fuel From Closed San Onofre Reactors Is Still Uncertain - Part 1 of 2 parts.
There are some ongoing disputes over nuclear issues that I return to from time to time for an update. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) near San Diego, CA. was shut down a few years ago over problems with the steam generator systems. Southern California Edison (SCE), the owners of the SONGS, contracted with Hitachi Heavy Industries for two new steam generators.
Geiger Readings for Aug 30, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 297 - Netherlands Laboratory Is Working On Thorium Reactor Research
The idea of using thorium as a nuclear power reactor fuel has been around since the 1960s but there are no commercial thorium reactors in operation today.
Geiger Readings for Aug 29, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion - MIT Scientists Achieve Ten Times The Energy With A New Fusion Reactor Fuel Mix Including Helium-3
I mostly write about fission power reactors because there are four hundred operational fission reactors in the world. I do talk about fusion reactors occasionally although there are no commercial nuclear fusion power reactors on Earth. Scientists have been chasing fusion power for decades but it always seemed to be forty years in the future.