Geiger Readings for June 18, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 133 - Waste Control Specialists Seek Nuclear Waste Fund Money For New Consolidated Interim Storage Facility in Texas
Fifteen years ago, the United States Department of Energy was directed by law to take the title to spend nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants for the purpose of permanent storage.
Geiger Readings for June 17, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 132 - Rutgers University Finds Bacteria That Can Lock Uranium in Soil
One of the major problems plaguing uranium mines, nuclear waste dumps and areas where depleted uranium was widely used in munitions during wars is the leaking of radioactive materials into the ground which wind up polluting the ground water underneath the dump.
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.