Geiger Readings for Feb 14, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 140 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 90 nanosieverts per hour
February 2017
Nuclear Reactors 457 - Crack In Weld Forces Britain To Dock Half Of Their Nuclear Hunter-Killer Submarines
I have often blogged about problems at nuclear power reactors. I have seldom blogged about problems with the nuclear engines that power submarines and ships. The nuclear engines are very well built and usually function reliably and safely. However, occasionally even these nuclear reactors have problems.
Geiger Readings for Feb 13, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Feb 12, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 140 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 132 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Feb 11, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 69 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 251 - China May Consider Nuclear Policy In Light Of Developments In The U.S.
I blogged recently about China's nuclear policy. China has a stated policy that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict.
Geiger Readings for Feb 10, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 216 - Geochemist Claims That Reprocessing Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Would Eliminate The Need For National Repository
I have blogged about the Yucca Mountain Geological Repository before. The federal government decided to build a geological repository for spent nuclear fuel in an old salt mine under Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The project was formally approved in 2002. Preliminary work was done and millions of dollars were spent but the project was abandoned in 2011 by order of the Obama Administration.
Geiger Readings for Feb 09, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Chinese and Australian Researchers Develop New Alloy For Molten Salt Reactors
Molten salt reactors are being discussed as an alternative to the popular pressurized water reactors. Although they have been studied since the 1950s, there has been little development work compared to pressurized water reactors. In a molten salt reactor, liquefied fluoride salts are used as a coolant. Sometimes the uranium fuel is mixed with the coolant.
Geiger Readings for Feb 08, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 215 - Is A Fukushima Reactor Falling Into The Sea
I blogged about Fukushima many times in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster there in March of 2011. For the past few years, Tepco has been working to clean up the mess with radioactive contamination leaking into the Pacific Ocean. I have not blogged much about the situation there recently.
Geiger Readings for Feb 07, 2016
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 114 nanosieverts per hour