Geiger Readings for Nov 26, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 158 - Delays in Construction of Hanford Vitrification Plant
I have blogged before about the vitrification plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, WA. There are hundreds of buried tanks at Hanford containing mixtures of radioactive and toxic gases, liquids and solids. Work started at Hanford in 2002 on a "vitrification" plant years before they were even sure about what exactly was in the tanks.
Geiger Readings for Nov 25, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 157 - Contamination Spread From Work On Handford Nuclear Waste Disposal Trenches
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation where U.S. nuclear weapons were developed and manufactured is one of the most radioactively polluted places on the Earth. Millions of gallons of nuclear waste were poured into trenches and allowed to soak into the soil. Hundreds of tanks of waste were buried underground and now some are leaking.
Geiger Readings for Nov 24, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 54 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 130 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 143 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 303 - Paying for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States and Germany
One major problem with nuclear power generation is what to do with a nuclear power reactor once it has been permanently shut down at the end of its life. This is referred to as "decommissioning." The nuclear fuel has to be removed and disposed of. The reactor and the building that houses it have to be torn down and disposed of. Any contaminated soil has to be dug up and disposed of.