Geiger Readings for Aug 29, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 102 nanosieverts per hour
August 2015
Radiation News Roundup Aug 28, 2015
481,000 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 measured from earth of Minamisoma city, Japan. fukushima-diary.com
Geiger Readings for Aug 28, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 153 - Pakistan Increasing Its Arsenal of Nuclear Warheads
I have blogged about the arms race between India and Pakistan. Both countries have nuclear warheads and advanced delivery systems. A new report has just been issued by two U.S.
Geiger Readings for Aug 27, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 152 - North And South Korea Almost Went To War
I have blogged about the possibility of nuclear war and the probable repercussions. The most belligerent nuclear power in the world has only a few nuclear bombs and short range delivery systems.
Geiger Readings for Aug 26, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 277 - Kasakhstan Launching Nuclear Fuel Bank
When the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was negotiated in the 1960,
Geiger Readings for Aug 25, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 144 - Thorium From Weapons Production Polluting Residential Yards in St. Louis Area
I have blogged recently about the left-over radioactive pollution from the Cold War and the development of nuclear weapons. There are a number of famous sites where the weapons work was carried out that are horribly polluted to this day such as the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State.
Geiger Readings for Aug 24, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 23, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 71 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 22, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 155 nanosieverts per hour