Geiger Readings for Aug 20, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office =106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 19, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 141 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 298 - A Drunk President Nixon Almost Nuked North Korea in 1969
There have been a lot of stories in the news lately about the possibility of nuclear war. Threats and counter threats have flowed to and from North Korea. One big question that has gotten a lot of ink is how exactly how a nuclear strike would be authorized for the Unites States military.
Geiger Readings for Aug 18, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 146 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 297 - Story In New York Times Accuses A Ukrainian Rocket Company Of Supplying Engines To North Korea
With all the concern about North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons, attention is being focused on other countries which might be supplying critical technology to North Korea for their nuclear weapons program.
Geiger Readings for Aug 17, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 295 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Still Working On The Abandonment Of New Reactors Being Construct At The VC Summer Power Plant
I have blogged a lot about the project to build two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power reactors at the VC Summer power plant in South Carolina. This was a very important project because no new nuclear reactors had been built in the U.S. in decades. Serious cost overruns and construction delays plagued the project and resulted in the bankruptcy of Westinghouse, the prime contractor.