Geiger Readings for Aug 14, 2015
Ambient office = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 152 - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Says That Aliens Helped Prevent World War III
As the Monty Python crew liked to say, "And now for something completely different." The existence of nuclear weapons and the dangers of nuclear war are weighty subjects upon which I have blogged many times. Since the 1950s, the world has lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation. The U.S.
Geiger Readings for Aug 13, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 140 - Navajo Nation Fights To Keep Uranium Transportation Off Of Navajo Lands
The supporters of nuclear power seldom talk about the pollution and devastation caused by uranium mining. All over the world in remote areas, native peoples are seeing their landscapes destroyed and their health endangered by the mining of uranium. I have blogged about uranium mines in Africa, Australia and Canada. There are also uranium mines in the U.S. with a legacy of environmental and health damage.
Geiger Readings for Aug 12, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 21 - MIT ARC Fusion Reactor Design
I have blogged about several new fusion reactor projects. The main thrust of these projects is to create a commercial fusion reactor for generating electricity. The institutions working on these designs are trying to make small, economical, safe and efficient fusion reactors that can be brought to market within the next ten years.