December 2014
Geiger Readings for December 21, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 20, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 112 - Debate Continues Over Yucca Mountain Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel
The United States has no permanent geological repository for the many tons of spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The spent fuel is rapidly filling up the cooling pools at the reactors and will most likely be temporarily stored in dry casks on the reactor sites.
Geiger Readings for December 19, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 111 - U.S. Army Wants to Walk Away From Contaminated Jefferson Proving Ground
The Jefferson Proving Grounds in southern Indiana was used by the Army as a firing range from World War II until the 1990s. Artillery units fired millions of rounds into the range, many with armor penetrating depleted uranium. It is estimated that one and a half million depleted uranium penetrating rods still remain on the surface or in the ground.
Geiger Readings for December 18, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 58 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 114 - Religious Leaders Gather In Vienna To Condemn Nuclear Weapons
I recently posted remarks made by the Pope and the Vatican at a nuclear disarmament conference in Vienna, Austria. The conference was called The Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and was held on December 8th and 9th. It followed meetings in Vienna hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Vienna in December 6th and 7th.
Geiger Readings for December 17, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 47 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 187 - The General Accountability Office Criticizes Nuclear Regulatory Commission Procedures
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is charged with the monitoring and regulation of the nuclear industry in the United States. The NRC has been criticized repeatedly for being too cozy with the industry that they are supposed to regulate.
Geiger Readings for December 16, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 113 - North Korean Working On Nuclear Missile That Could Reach the United States
Nuclear weapons are in the news lately with the Pope coming out strongly for disarmament and the U.N. passing a resolution calling for Israel to disarm. The main threat to the United States is from Russia which has a big nuclear arsenal that is pointed at targets in the U.S.
Geiger Readings for December 15, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for December 14, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour