Geiger Readings for May 23, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 189 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 282 - Russians Developing New Fuel For Fast-Breed Reactor Prototype
The Russians have made a major and long standing commitment to nuclear power. They have been a major exporter of fossil fuels for decades and they would like to also like to become a major exporter of nuclear technology and nuclear fuel. Their government-owned nuclear company, Rosatom is traveling around the world trying to sell Russian reactors and fuel to developing nations.
Geiger Readings for May 22, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for May 21, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for May 20, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 231 - Cave In At Excavation At The Idaho National Laboratory
I have been blogging lately about the railroad tunnel cave in at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The ceiling of an old railroad tunnel containing highly radioactive railway cars and contaminated waste spontaneously collapsed. The U.S. Department of Energy had been warned for decades that the intense radiation was weakening the structure of the tunnel and that a cave in was inevitable.