Geiger Readings for Feb 03, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 143 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 150 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 454 - European Union Nervous About Purchase Of Russian Nuclear Reactors
I have often mentioned in blog posts that nuclear power has serious international political issues. Major countries with nuclear industries such as the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and South Korea are trying to sell nuclear power reactors to other nations. These are such huge projects that they inevitably become involved with the political and economic relationships between the seller and the buyer.
Geiger Readings for Feb 02, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 69 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 151 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 250 - Dangers Of Pakistan Move To Tactical Nuclear Weapons
I have blogged about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and nuclear policies before. Pakistan has over a hundred nuclear warheads and the means to deliver them. They are in a tense relationship with their neighbor India which also has over a hundred nuclear warheads and multiple delivery systems.
Geiger Readings for Feb 01, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 249 - China Opts For Small But Effective Nuclear Arsenal
Russia has about seven thousand nuclear warhead and the U.S. has about six thousand and eight hundred. Both countries have missiles, bombers and submarines to deliver those warheads. Both countries have announced ambitious plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals in the coming years. Each country believes that it needs such huge nuclear arsenal to deter an attack by the other.