Radiation News Roundup January 25, 2014
Indian Prime Minister Modi and U.S. President Obama agree on a civil nuclear deal, ending logjam of six years. economictimes.indiatimes.com
Geiger Readings for January 25, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 122 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 159 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 164 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for January 24, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 114 - Ceiling Collapses at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico
Last February there was an "incident" at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Radioactive particles escaped from the geological repository for wastes associated with nuclear weapons production. A drum of waste exploded and released the radioactive particles which were detected up to twenty miles away.
Geiger Readings for January 23, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 71 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 200 - The Cost of Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said last year that about half of the four hundred and thirty four existing power reactors around the world will be shut down by the year 2040. The cost of decommissioning these two hundred reactors was estimated to be about one hundred billion dollars. The head of the IEA said that this cost was a rough estimate and that the cost could well be twice as much.
Geiger Readings for January 22, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour