October 2015
Geiger Readings for Oct 22, 2015
Nuclear Weapons 168 - Pakistan Announces Tactical Nuclear Weapons Develolpment
I have talked about tactical nuclear weapons in posts about the situation in Ukraine and Russian threats. Unlike the huge megaton nuclear weapons meant to annihilate cities, tactical nuclear weapons are intended for use on battlefields against tactical targets. There are many different designs for tactical nuclear weapons from warheads on short range missiles to mortar rounds fired from special guns. Their yields are in the hundreds of tons to thousands of tons of TNT equivalent.
Geiger Readings for Oct 21, 2015
Radioactive Waste 150 - Illinois Ponders Fate Of Nine Thousand Tons of Spent Nuclear Fuel
The nuclear industry is always telling us how economical, low-carbon, efficient and safe nuclear power is. Nuclear waste is sort of like the unwanted child who is banished to the cellar. The spent nuclear fuel keeps piling up at each nuclear power reactor in the U.S. and there is no permanent storage available.
Geiger Readings for Oct 20, 2015
Nuclear Reactors 294 - Hinkley Point C Project In U.K. Exposes Serious Rift In U.K. Environmental Movement
I have been blogging lately about the Hinkley Point C reactor project in the U.K. This is a complex deal involving the British, the French and the Chinese. The French company EDF will construct the two reactors while the Chinese will help with finances. One aspect of the deal is the possibility that the Chinese will be allowed to build a reactor of their own design in England at Bradwell in Essex with Chinese labor.
Geiger Readings for Oct 19, 2015
Geiger Readings for Oct 18, 2015
Radiation News Roundup Oct 17, 2015
0.53 μSv/h still measured beside a river in Kashiwa city Chiba. fukushima-diary.com
Geiger Readings for Oct 17, 2015
Nuclear Reactors 293 - Nuclear Proponents Lobby For Nuclear Power To Fight Climate Change
In December of this year, representatives from national governments around the world will meet in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). They will attempt to ratify an agreement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by eighty percent by 2050.
Geiger Readings for Oct 16, 2015
Nuclear Reactors 292 - National Security Concerns in U.K. Over Construction Of Chinese Reactor in Bradwell
I have been blogging recently about the Hinkley Point C reactor project in the U.K. This contract to build two reactors at an existing power station has generated a lot of controversy.