Geiger Readings for Dec 16, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 101 nanosieverts per hour
December 2015
Nuclear Reactors 308 - U.K. Considers Site In Wales For Production Of Small Modular Reactors
I have blogged before about the quest to develop small modular reactors (SMR) to replace the current generation of gigawatt plus nuclear power reactors. By definition, these SMR reactors will generate less than three hundred megawatts. Another aspect of SMR projects is the intention to build these reactors in modules in factories.
Geiger Readings for Dec 15, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 107 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 179 - Program to Compensate Nuclear Workers Exposed to Radiation While Working on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Must be Improved
The nuclear industry likes to brag about how safe it is. They like to say that almost no one has died as a result of nuclear accidents or operational problems at nuclear power reactors and research laboratories. However, they are not so vocal about the death toll from the development and manufacture of nuclear weapons for the U.S. arsenal.
Geiger Readings for Dec 14, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 138 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 141 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Dec 13, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Dec 12, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 178 - Russia Repeats Intention to Modernize and Expand Its Nuclear Weapons Systems
I have blogged about Russia's reckless and aggressive talk about the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in case of a war with NATO in Easter Europe. The Russian annexation of the Crimea and the support of Ukrainian separatists has aroused the concern of NATO that such a war might be coming.
Geiger Readings for Dec 11, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 307 - Nuclear Energy Institute Launches Initiaitve to Lower Cost of Nucler Power by 30% by 2018
The cost of nuclear power is climbing. As the U.S. nuclear reactor fleet ages, it becomes more and more expensive to keep the old plants in operation. Some have already been shut down because of this problem.
Geiger Readings for Dec 10, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 177 - Russian President Putin Hints at Possible Use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Against Terrorists
There is a great deal of discussion internationally about how to deal with ISIS. The U.S. has been bombing them for years with little to show for it.
Geiger Readings for Dec 09, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour