Geiger Readings for August 15, 2014
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
I have posted about nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament before. One of the problems with disarmament is the question of verifying that a nation has actually reduced their nuclear stockpile. While direct inspections are one method, you have to trust that the nation being inspected does not have a hidden stash of warheads or weapons grade nuclear materials tucked away somewhere. This is especially relevant when we are talking about the situation in Iran.
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
While there is wide spread concern about nuclear waste in the United States, some small towns are lobbying to host nuclear waste dumps. I have posted several blogs about the problems at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico. After particles of plutonium and americium were detected twenty miles away from the WIPP site, the repository was shut down. It was found that a waste drum had exploded and released its contents.
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
I have been blogging about nuclear issues for two years now. As I have researched for my posts, I have discovered that there are many more problems with the use of nuclear energy to generate electricity than are widely known.
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.