Geiger Readings for Oct 17, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 293 - Nuclear Proponents Lobby For Nuclear Power To Fight Climate Change
In December of this year, representatives from national governments around the world will meet in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). They will attempt to ratify an agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by eighty percent by 2050.
Geiger Readings for Oct 16, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 124 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 292 - National Security Concerns in U.K. Over Construction Of Chinese Reactor in Bradwell
I have been blogging recently about the Hinkley Point C reactor project in the U.K. This contract to build two reactors at an existing power station has generated a lot of controversy.
Geiger Readings for Oct 15, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 291 - Nuclear Entrepreneurs Complain About NRC Licensing At MIT Conference
The nuclear industry in the U.S. has been stagnant as far as new power plants are concerned for decades. Only one license for a new nuclear power plant has been issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the last 35 years. On the other hand, there are almost fifty companies in the U.S. and Canada working on research and development of advanced nuclear power technologies.
Geiger Readings for Oct 14, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour