The relationship between fracking and nuclear power is complex. The most obvious connection is the fact that inexpensive natural gas being produced by the current fracking boom in the United States is making nuclear power unprofitable and has already contributed to the decision to close two nuclear reactors in the United States. However, it turns out that there is another important link that is not so widely publicized.
Ambient office = .093 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .078 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .088 microsieverts per hour
Fresh ground coffee from specialty store= .103 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .094 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .073 microsieverts per hour
I have written a number of posts about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and the political struggle in Vermont to close the plant. Vermont Yankee is located in Vernon, Vermont and its General Electric boiling water reactor generates about thirty five percent of the electricity used in Vermont. It began operating in 1972 and its original license expired in 2012. The NRC extended the plant license for an additional twenty years in 2011.
Ambient office = .094 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .094 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .103 microsieverts per hour
Celery from Costco = .093 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .123 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .106 microsieverts per hour
There is nothing particularly mysterious about coincidences. Probability theory demands them. But every now and then, a specific coincidence seems to be amazingly appropriate. I just finished a series of post about the new report of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention from the University of Texas on nuclear power plant security and reactions to the report. Now I see a news item that fits so perfectly with my postings that I just had to add it to the series.
Ambient office = .107 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .116 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .111 microsieverts per hour
Fresh ground coffee from specialty store= .101 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .126 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .110 microsieverts per hour
My last three posts have dealt with the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project report on U.S. nuclear plant security and critical reactions to it. This post contains some of my thoughts on the report and nuclear plant security in the U.S.
Ambient office = .087 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .118 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .111 microsieverts per hour
Sunrise Energy Bar from Costco = .092 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .157 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .122 microsieverts per hour
In my last two posts, I talked about a new report from the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project at the University of Texas that claimed that United States nuclear power plants are not safe from the threat of serious terrorist attacks. As might be expected, the reaction of the nuclear industry and its supporters was swift and negative.
Ambient office = .095 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .065 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .051 microsieverts per hour
Banana from Costco = .112 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .120 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .112 microsieverts per hour
Ambient office = .080 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .113 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .065 microsieverts per hour
Frozen farmed salmon from Costco = .094 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .088 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .083 microsieverts per hour
Ambient office = .054 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .096 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .087 microsieverts per hour
Dried blueberries from Costco = .088 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .089 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .076 microsieverts per hour
Yesterday, I blogged about a new report on U.S. reactor security by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project at the University of Texas. In the report, the authors said that they were concerned that the U.S. reactors and other nuclear facilities were not secure against a major terrorist attack on the scale of 911. Reactor security is currently based on something called “design basis threats.(DBT)” Today, I am going to dig into what that means.
