Geiger Readings for Mar 14, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 77 nanosieverts per hour
March 2018
Nuclear Weapons 350 - National Academies Raises Five Major Concerns About U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program
The U.S. nuclear weapons program is handled by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). The NNSA is responsible for the design and production of nuclear weapons for the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The Pentagon could be considered as the ultimate “customer” for the NNSA’s nuclear product.
Geiger Readings for Mar 13, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 43- MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems Hope To Have A Commercial Fusion Reactor in 15 years
Most of the articles about nuclear power in this blog focus on the technology of nuclear fission reactors. In these reactors, radioactive isotopes of heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium breakdown and generate heat which is captured to generate electricity.
Geiger Readings for Mar 12, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Mar 11, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Mar 10, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 151 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 155 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 544 - Casting Doubt On Predictions Of Nuclear Industry Rebound in 2018 - Part 2 of 2 parts
3. Climate change mitigation
Geiger Readings for Mar 09, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 134 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 543 - Casting Doubt On Predictions Of Nuclear Industry Rebound in 2018 - Part 1 of 2 parts
Part One of Two Parts
Geiger Readings for Mar 08, 2017
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 332 - Holtec Moves Ahead With Interim Facility For Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 parts (Please read Part 1 first)