Geiger Readings for March 16, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 86 nanosieverts per hour
March 2015
Geiger Readings for March 15, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for March 14, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 220 - Hungary in Dispute with European Commission Over Russian Nuclear Fuel Import
There is an interesting dispute going on in Eastern Europe of the supply of nuclear fuel to reactors in Hungary. The existing Hungarian nuclear power reactors were built by the Soviet Union and used Soviet fuel. When the Soviet Union fell, Russia continued to supply nuclear fuel.
Geiger Readings for March 13, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 50 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 219 - The Push For Internationa Standards and Small Modular Reactors
One of the big problems with nuclear power is that there is very little standardization. Aside from some basic similarities, each nuclear power reactor is unique. It was assumed at the beginning of the nuclear age that over time and the construction of many reactors, a few optimized standard designs would emerge.
Geiger Readings for March 12, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 59 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 126 - Probable Effects of a Nuclear Detonation above Manhattan
I have blogged in the past about the devastation that would result from a nuclear war. It is estimated that the detonation of as few as a hundred nuclear warheads could cause a nuclear winter which would end human civilization on this planet. This sort of discussion can seem dry and academic so I thought that it would be useful to talk about the local effects of a nuclear blast.
Geiger Readings for March 11, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 112 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 121 - Barnwell Landfill in South Carolina Seeking To Accept More Nuclear Waste
In addition to the nuclear waste stored on site at U.S.
Geiger Readings for March 10, 2014
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactor 218 - China Has Work To Do In Convincing Other Countries To Buy Its Reactors
I have blogged about the trend among nuclear nations to sell and construct nuclear power reactors in the developing world.
Geiger Readings for March 09, 2014
Ambient office = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 107 nanosieverts per hour