December 2013
Geiger Readings for December 9, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Vine ripened tomato from Top Foods = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 74 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 8, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 138 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Hass avacado from Top Foods = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 7, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Redleaf lettuce from Top Foods = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 95 - North Korean Nuclear Program 7
Yesterday, I brought the story of the North Korean nuclear program up to May of 2013 and what is known as the North Korean Crisis. North Korea had just declared war on South Korea and was hurling threats at the U.S. and Japan too.
Geiger Readings for December 6, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Iceber lettuce from Top Foods = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 94 - North Korean Nuclear Program 6
In my last post, I brought the history of the North Korean nuclear program up to early 2013 when international negotiations fell apart again. What is referred to as the N.K. Crisis began in March of 2013. N.K. new leader, Kim Jong-Un issued increasingly belligerent threats against South Korea, Japan and the United States.
Geiger Readings for December 5, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 122 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Sliced Crimini mushrooms from Top Foods = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 93 - North Korean Nuclear Program 5
I have been covering the North Korean nuclear program from its beginning in 1956 to a new international agreement called the Leap Day Deal because it was signed on February 29th in 2012. There was great hope that this deal would lead to a final end to the N. K. nuclear threat. But, as happened so often in the past, that hope was not to be realized.
Geiger Readings for December 4, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Iceber lettuce from Top Foods = 131 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 92 - North Korean Nuclear Program 4
I have been blogging about North Korea's nuclear program for the past few days. I am spending a lot of time on N.K. because it is the most belligerent of nuclear powers on Earth and often threatens to launch pre-emptive military strikes on South Korea and other nations including the United States. Yesterday, I talked about the period from 2002 to 2008 and ended with an apparent "deal" between North Korea and other nations to end N.K.
Geiger Readings for December 3, 2013
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 57 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 55 nanosieverts per hour
Red seedless grapes from Top Foods = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Tap water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Filtered water = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 92 - North Korean Nuclear Program 3
My last blog about the history of the North Korean nuclear program ended with the collapsed of the Agreed Framework between the United States and North Korea in 2002. Following the collapse that was caused by both sides accusing the other of violating the terms of the Framework, North Korea threw out the U.N. inspectors and proceed to ramp up its development of plutonium production and nuclear weapons. The U.S.