Geiger Readings for Feb 05, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 84 nanosieverts per hour
February 2016
Nuclear Reactors 332 - India Formally Ratifies the IEAE Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
One of the major concerns about nuclear power is who pays for accidents. Each country that uses nuclear power has its own laws about exactly who will pick up the cost of damage and recovery from a major nuclear accident. The U.S.
Geiger Readings for Feb 04, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 68 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 163 - The Cities Of Carlsbad and Hobbs in New Mexico Are Working On A New Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. There was a serious accident there in February of 2014 during which a drum of nuclear waste from the U.S. nuclear weapons program burst and particles of plutonium and americium escaped through the waste facility's ventilation system and were detect twenty miles away in Carlsbad.
Geiger Readings for Feb 03, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 107 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 331 - Thorium Versus Uranium As a Nuclear Fuel
I have blogged about thorium as a possible fuel several times. There are thorium enthusiasts that believe that thorium would be a better fuel for nuclear reactors than uranium. There are critics who would disagree.
Geiger Readings for Feb 02, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 330 - Problems at the Indian Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Historically, India contracted with Canada for the construction of nuclear reactors. The former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board in India, A Gopalakrishnan, said in an interview with the Times of India that the India-Canadian relationship was quite successful.
Geiger Readings for Feb 01, 2015
Ambient office = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 51 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Jan 31, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 103 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Jan 30, 2015
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 118 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour