Geiger Readings for Sept 16, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 59 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
September 2016
Nuclear Weapons 227 - Three Reasons Obama Gives That The U.S. Will Not Accept North Korea As A Nuclear State
North Korea has been in the news a lot because they are testing nuclear weapons and threatening other countries with nuclear annihilation. Following N.K.'s fifth recent nuclear test, the U.S. President gave three reasons that the U.S. will never accept N.K. becoming a nuclear armed nation. (This seems a bit late because N.K.
Geiger Readings for Sept 15, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Critical Isotopes Used In Medical Imaging May Soon Be In Danger Of Short Supply
Radioactive isotopes of many elements are used in research, industry and medicine. I have blogged about medical isotopes in the past. Production of such isotopes is often restricted to just a few facilities. This leads to concerns about supply when there are problems at a production facility or when demand rises above current production. The U.S.
Geiger Readings for Sept 14, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 407 - Recent Developments In The Hinkley Point C Saga
I have been covering the Hinkley Point C nuclear power project in the United Kingdom in numerous posts. As I have said before, there are so many different problems with this project that it serves as a great example of why nuclear energy may not be the best choice for powering our civilization.
Geiger Readings for Sept 13, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 226 - Critics Say That The U.S. Should Cancel Some Nuclear Arsenal Upgrades
The Obama administration has sent out mixed signals on the issue of nuclear weapons. When elected, Obama was very clear that he wanted to move aggressively to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in national arsenals around the world. However, he has recently asked for a thirty year one trillion dollar project to upgrade the nuclear arsenal of the United States.
Geiger Readings for Sept 12, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 88 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Sept 11, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear News Roundup Sept 10, 2016
How Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Still Haunts South Korea’s Biggest City huffingtonpost.com
Geiger Readings for Sept 10, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 157 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 140 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 225 - Nuclear Weapons 225 - Vulnerability Of Nuclear Arsenals To Civil Disorder
I have blogged about dangers posed to nuclear power plants by war and civil disorder. I have also blogged about the problems of having nuclear weapons stored at an airbase in Turkey during the recent failed coup attempt and reports that at least some of them will be moved in order to reduce the danger. Today I am going to talk about the dangers to arsenals of nuclear weapons in other countries.
Geiger Readings for Sept 09, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 122 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 123 nanosieverts per hour