Geiger Readings for June 16, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 256 - Serious Problems in the U.K. Hinkley Point EPR Project
I have posted in the past about problems with the Hinkley nuclear power plant project in the U.K. The French EDF company has been contracted to build a pair of nuclear reactors based on the new European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) design at Hinkley Point with international financing and a guaranteed price for the electricity generated.
Geiger Readings for June 15, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for June 14, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for June 13, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 255 - Australia Building New Facility to Produce Radioistopes for Nuclear Medicine
I have written in the past about problems with the supply of critical radioisotopes for medical uses. The U.S. and Canada are working on new methods for creating the radioisotopes and hope to make up the shortfall soon.