Geiger Readings for Oct 10, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 148 - Update On The Situation At Landfills Near St. Louis
A great deal of nuclear weapons development and production took place around St. Louis during the Cold War. I have blogged before about the problems they are having with two landfills in the area.
Geiger Readings for Oct 09, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 168 - Nuclear Blackmail And The U.S. Navy
I grew up during the Cold War. The idea of mutually assured destruction was sort of reciprocal nuclear blackmail. Nuclear blackmail has been a favorite of movies, novels and TV shows for decades.
Geiger Readings for Oct 08, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 167 - Nuclear Black Market In Moldavia
Every now and then, nuclear materials get mentioned in discussions of terrorism. One fear is that terrorists could get their hands of radioactive materials and create a conventional bomb with a shell of these materials which is referred to as a dirty bomb. When detonated, the bomb would spread radioactive fallout over a wide area.