Geiger Readings for Aug 18, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 153 - Soviet Naval Officer Refuses To Start World War III During Cuban Missile Crisis
I have blogged about some close calls where we almost destroyed our civilization with nuclear weapons. Since the 1950s, there have been times when World War III was moments away but somehow we managed to survive. During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a U.S. picket ship enforcing the naval blockade of Cuba observed a Russian ship crossing the line that the U.S.
Geiger Readings for Aug 17, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Radiation News Roundup Aug 16, 2015
Still over 4 μSv/h measured in a park of Nasushiobara city. fukushima-diary.com
Geiger Readings for Aug 16, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 15, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon By Canadian Company OKed by U.S. Judge
Yesterday, I blogged about attempts of some mining companies to circumvent laws put in place by the Navajo Nation Council to prevent uranium mining or transportation on Navajo lands. There are over five hundred contaminated sites in the Navajo Nation from Cold War uranium mining as well as twenty two wells that cannot be used for drinking water because of radioactive contamination.