Nuclear Reactors 231 - The History of Small Nuclear Reactors - Part One of Three Parts
Part One of three parts:
April 2015
Geiger Readings for April 29, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 62 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 51 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 230 - Forest Fire Is Burning Near Chernobyl Ruins and Stirring Up Radioactive Fallout
In April of 1986, there was a terrible accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine which was a part of the Soviet Union at the time.
Geiger Readings for April 28, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 107 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 229 - French Nuclear Safety Organization Questions Generation IV Reactor Designs
I have mentioned the Generation IV nuclear power reactor designs that are being promoted by the nuclear industry in previous blog posts. The new reactors are purported to be safer, cheaper, more reliable, etc. than the reactors that are now in use to generate electricity.
Geiger Readings for April 27, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for April 26, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for April 25, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 124 nanosieverts per hour
Did Hillalry Clinton Exert Improper Influence on State Department Approval of Canadan - Russian Uranium Mining Deal
I find stories in many places for my blog posts. Nuclear power is deeply connected to local politics in debates over siting nuclear power plants, national politics with respect to national sources of power and international politics in treaties and trade.
Geiger Readings for April 24, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 60 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 139 - China Says That North Korea Has More Nuclear Warheads that Previously Estimated
Out of all the nations that have nuclear weapons, North Korea (also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is the most secretive about its nuclear arsenal. The U.S. and N.K. entered into an agreement in the 1990s. The U.S. promised to provide N.K. with food and fuel in return for N.K. destroying the nuclear weapons technology that it had developed.
Geiger Readings for April 23, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 228 - Obama Seeks Accord With China On Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology
President Obama has just issued what is referred to as a "presidential determination" with respect to a proposal on cooperation with China on the peaceful use of nuclear power. A presidential determination is, "is a document issued by the White House stating a determination resulting in an official policy or position of the executive branch of the US government. Presidential determinations may involve any number of actions, including setting or changing foreign policy."