Nuclear Fusion 22 - Helion Energy Is Working On The Helion Fusion Engine
I have blogged recently about nuclear fusion as an alternative to nuclear fission for the generation of electricity.
Geiger Readings for Aug 21, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 143 - Court Rules Against Chem-Nuclear Over Landfill With Radioactive Waste In South Carolina
My last blog post involved dealing with old liquid nuclear waste at the Idaho National Laboratory. I mentioned that there were a lot of other sites in the U.S. where old nuclear waste was not being taken care of properly. Today I am going to talk about a leaking nuclear waste dump in Barnwell County, South Carolina near the Savannah River.
Geiger Readings for Aug 20, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 130 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 129 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 142 - Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at Idaho National Laboratory
Yesterday, I blogged about a dispute between the Idaho Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Energy over permission to ship spent nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory. The AG was upset because the DoE had fail to comply with a Settlement Agreement involving the construction and operation the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the INL.
Geiger Readings for Aug 19, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 141 - Idaho National Laboratory May Lose Out On Lucrative Department Of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel Contract
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) had an arrangement with the U.S. Department of Energy to take two shipments of spent nuclear fuel that would be tested at the Laboratory. The research would focus on "high-burnup" fuel which is currently accumulating at nuclear power plants all over the U.S. One of the shipments would be used to carry out research on spent nuclear fuel recycling.