Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 30, 2013
Ambient office = .085 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .108 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .102 microsieverts per hour
Redleaf lettuce .089 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .063 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .045 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 30, 2013
Ambient office = .110 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .087 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .072 microsieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomato from grocery store = .079 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .054 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .033 microsieverts per hour
There are conflicting forces at work in the global nuclear industry. On the one hand, the disaster at Fukushima has caused some countries to end their use nuclear energy for power generation. On the other hand, other countries have announced bold new initiatives to expand the use of nuclear power generation. Citizens protest against nuclear power while nuclear companies promote its use.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 28, 2013
Ambient office = .113 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .117 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .093 microsieverts per hour
Mango from grocery store = .088 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .102 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .083 microsieverts per hour
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is located near San Luis Obispo in southern California on the Pacific Coast. The plant has two one thousand one hundred Westinghouse pressurized water nuclear reactors. Unit One was commissioned in 1985 and Unit Two was commissioned in 1986. The plant is owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric. In 2009, PG&E applied for a twenty year extension of the licenses for the reactors.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 27, 2013
Ambient office = .069 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .087 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .077 microsieverts per hour
Hass Avacado from grocery store = .075 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .124 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .104 microsieverts per hour
I have written more than twenty blog posts about radioactive waste. It is one of the most serious problems with uranium mining, processing and power generation. I have covered a lot of different schemes to deal with radioactive waste in other blogs posts. Today, I am going to focus on something called bioremediation.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 26, 2013
Ambient office = .112 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .072 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .072 microsieverts per hour
Organic quinoa from grocery store = .122 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .093 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .077 microsieverts per hour
I have written two posts about decommissioning of nuclear reactors. The focus was primarily on the problems in the United States. There are serious concerns that some companies running nuclear reactors do not have enough money set aside for decommissioning. And also that it may be difficult to estimate what such decommissioning wil ultimately cost. These concerns are also being expressed in the European Union with respect to the decommissioning of reactors in member states.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 25, 2013
Ambient office = .078 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .068 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .079 microsieverts per hour
Kara Kara Orange from grocery store = .113 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .085 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .062 microsieverts per hour
I recently read an article in Forbes about nuclear energy and fear. Imagine There's No Fear -- Why We Are So Afraid of Nuclear. The writer spends a lot of time talking about ideas and culture. He suggests that the question of why people fear nuclear energy and radiation is complicated and bound up in a lot of cultural issues.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on March 24, 2013
Ambient office = .121 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .092 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain = .109 microsieverts per hour
Orange from grocery store = .079 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .105 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .085 microsieverts per hour
