Geiger Readings for Oct 17, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Oct 16, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Oct 15, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 197 - Swiss Researchers Discover Bacteria Rock Strata That Consumes Hydrogen Gas
One of the big problems with nuclear power is the fact that dangerous radioactive waste is left when nuclear fuel is consumed in a power reactor. Spent nuclear fuel rods are rapidly filling cooling pools all over the U.S. and the U.S. will have no permanent geological repository until 2050 at the soonest.
Geiger Readings for Oct 14, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 233 - Risks Of Pakistani Nuclear Arsenal
There is a great deal of international concern about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. There are a lot of factions vying for power in Pakistan split along ethnic, religious and ideological lines. The government of Pakistan has maintained tight control over nuclear weapons but insurgents still managed to attack one of the military bases where the weapons are stored.