Geiger Readings for June 27, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 262 - MIT is Working On Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant Designs
I recently posted a blog article about how the Russians were working on floating nuclear reactors on a barge. They are going to use them in ports, remote areas near a coast and in the Arctic to supply power to oil drilling rigs.
Geiger Readings for June 26, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 261 - Austria Is Going To Challenge The U.K. Hinkley Point C Nuclear Project in Court
I have blogged recently about problems with the U.K. Hinkley Point C project to build two nuclear reactors. The French utility EDF is involved and the new reactors will be European Pressurized Reactors constructed by the French company, AREVA. There are questions about the integrity of the reactor design.
Geiger Readings for June 25, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 62 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 50 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 260 - Ukraine is Cancelling Contract with Russia for Completion of Two Nuclear Power Reactors
Ukraine seems to be a place where many of the issues of nuclear power and nuclear weapons converge. Since Russia annexed the Crimea in 2014, they have been ratcheting up the rhetoric about a possible military confrontation with NATO. Russian officials have commented that Russia could overcome NATO conventional forces with superior tactical nuclear weapons.
Geiger Readings for June 24, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour