Geiger Readings for December 16, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 113 - North Korean Working On Nuclear Missile That Could Reach the United States
Nuclear weapons are in the news lately with the Pope coming out strongly for disarmament and the U.N. passing a resolution calling for Israel to disarm. The main threat to the United States is from Russia which has a big nuclear arsenal that is pointed at targets in the U.S.
Geiger Readings for December 15, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 14, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 13, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 186 - China Has Big Plans For Nuclear Power
I have blogged before about the Chinese ambitions for nuclear power. They are strongly committed to building dozens of new nuclear reactors in the next decade. China General Nuclear Power (CGN) is China's biggest nuclear company. It is a state-owned firm. CGN is making shares available on the Hong Kong stock exchange.