Geiger Readings for Mar 25, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 61 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 346 - Leakage of Coolant Shuts Down A Reactor At Kakrapar Nuclear Power Station in India
India has made a strong commitment to nuclear power. They have plans for the construction of forty six nuclear power reactors to supply the electricity they desperately need. I have blogged before about my reservations about India's ability to avoid corruption and shoddy construction in their nuclear industry.
Geiger Readings for Mar 24, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 53 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 345 - New High Entropy Alloys May Be Better Than Steel For Nuclear Reactor Construction
One of the big problems with nuclear power reactor construction has to do with the materials selected to withstand the impact of temperatures, pressures and bombardment of neutrons that
Geiger Readings for Mar 23, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 60 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 344 - Belgium Tihange Nuclear Power Plant Evacuated Following Terrorist Attack In Brussels
I recently posted a list of forty problems with nuclear power. Several of my concerns had to do with security.