Geiger Readings for Jun 25, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Jun 24, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 234 - Canada Selecting A Site For A Permanent Geological Repository For Spent Nuclear Fuel
Canada turned on its first nuclear reactor in 1971. Canadian reactors are pressurized heavy-water reactors based on a Canadian design referred to as CANDU. The Canadians have sold CANDU reactors to India, Pakistan, Argentina, South Korea, Romania and China. There are currently nineteen commercial power reactors operating in Canada. All but two of them are in Ontario.
Geiger Readings for Jun 23, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 284 - U.S. House of Representative Passes Tax Credit Bill For New Nuclear Reactor Construction
The U.S. nuclear industry is facing stiff competition from cheap natural gas generated by the fracking boom. Several nuclear power plants have already been shut down prematurely because they could not compete. Half a dozen more plants may have to be shut down prematurely in the next five years for the same reason.
Geiger Readings for Jun 22, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 293 - Russia Holds Nineth Annual AtomExpo International Forum in Moscow
Russia held its Ninth AtomExpo International Forum in Moscow this week. The annual nuclear trade show is billed as the “largest exhibition venue for meetings and negotiations between world leaders of the nuclear power sector.