Geiger Readings for July 24, 2014
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
Nuclear Weapons 85 - Details of a Nuclear Winter
I have often talked about nuclear winter following a nuclear war. In general, nuclear winter refers to so much dust and smoke being injected into the atmosphere that crops fail and billions of people die of starvation. It would mean the end of human civilization. Today I am going to report on a computer model that attempts to add detail to the idea of nuclear winter.
Geiger Readings for July 23, 2014
My Geiger counter is in the ship for maintenance.
Nuclear Reactors 148 - The BRICS Countries Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
I have posted before about the trend among nuclear nations such as Russia, Japan, China, France and the United States to make export of nuclear technology and nuclear fuel a major part of their international trade in the near future. Recently there was a major announcement by Vladimir Putin at a BRICS summit meeting of a Russian plan to create an energy association that will include a fuel reserve bank and an energy policy institute.
Geiger Readings for July 22, 2014
My Geiger counter is in the shop for maintenance.
CC3 is a New Material That Can Trap Radioactive Gases
We usually think of radioactive contamination in terms of solid radioactive elements such as uranium and plutonium. However, there are also radioactive gases such as radon. This gas is created as naturally occurring uranium decays. In some parts of the country, natural radon can accumulate in basements and pose a health threat. When nuclear fuel is burned in a reactor, radioactive isotopes of xenon and krypton are generated.