Geiger Readings for Mar 16, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 120 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 162 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 171 nanosieverts per hour
March 2017
Nuclear Reactors 266 - EDF Hoping To Restart Four Power Reactors In France
I have blogged about problems that the French utility EDF is having with some of their nuclear reactors. Their subsidiary Areva which builds nuclear reactors was caught making substandard components for nuclear power plants with steel weakened by too much carbon in the alloy. Areva had faked quality control documents at the La Creusot foundry.
Geiger Readings for Mar 15, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 141 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 131 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 258 - Problems In Security For U.S. Nuclear Missiles
Cyberwarfare is in the news these days because of the Russian hacking of the DNC. It has been suggested that perhaps the U.S.
Geiger Readings for Mar 14, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 66 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 265 - Toshiba Considering Sale Of Westinghouse Nuclear Subsidiary
Toshiba, the giant Japanese conglomerate, has been having serious financial problems for the past few years.
Geiger Readings for Mar 13, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Mar 12, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 147 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 130 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Mar 11, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 221 - Chemistry of Uranium And Thorium Compounds
For the past eight years, chemists in the United Kingdom at the University have been developing our understanding of how uranium and thorium interact with elements from around the periodic table to potentially help improve the creation of nuclear fuel and also the selective extraction of spent uranium for nuclear waste clean-up.
Geiger Readings for Mar 10, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 257 - North Korea's Recent Missile Launches And Attempts To Sell Nuclear Materials Increase International Concern
North Korea has been in the news lately because of their test launching of intermediate-range ballistic missiles that might be able to carry nuclear warheads. As other nations criticized the tests, N.K.
Geiger Readings for Mar 09, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 92 nanosieverts per hour