Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 148 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 154 nanosieverts per hour

Tomato from Central Market = 112 nanosieverts per hour

Tap water = 116 nanosieverts per hour

Filter water = 110 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 134 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 136 nanosieverts per hour

Tomato from Central Market = 83 nanosieverts per hour

Tap water = 83 nanosieverts per hour

Filter water = 97 nanosieverts per hour

Dover sole = 104 nanosieverts per hour

     China’s space program is developing a powerful new nuclear reactor. This new reactor is expected to be more efficient than a reactor being developed by NASA for use on the Moon to support a permanent manned base. The Chinese say that this new reactor technology will be used in the planned Mars missions.
     China claims that its new reactor design will be a hundred times more efficient than the reactor that NASA expects to send to Moon in 2030. China’s new nuclear reactor could generate over a megawatt of electric power. Cooling may be an issue for the new Chinese reactor. Only some of the heat generated by the new reactor will be used to generate electricity. The rest of the heat must be dissipated into space to avoid a meltdown. Because of its small size, it will run at higher temperatures than commercial reactor on Earth.
     Jiang Jieqiong is a professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Nuclear Safety Technology. He said that the reactor might use a foldable structure similar to an umbrella. This could increase the surface area of the radiators.
      Chemical fuel and solar power are not going to be sufficient to meet the needs of human space exploration and exploitation according to two scientists. One said, “Nuclear power is the most hopeful solution. Other nations have launched some ambitious plans. China cannot afford the cost of losing this race,”
      At the moment, China is one of the leading countries in space activities. Recently, a technology website said that China was twenty years ahead of the U.S. in terms of Mars exploration. To me, this seems to be an extravagant claim.
      The new Chinese nuclear reactor is part of a project that is receiving funding from China’s central government. This innovative space technology was already being worked on in 2019. The exact launch date and technical details of the new powerful reactor are not yet disclosed by China.
      Two of the scientists working on the prototype reactors say that the engineering design is already finished. Some essential components were also constructed to enhance the new reactor. One of the anonymous Chinese space experts involved in the project said, “Nuclear power is the most hopeful solution. Other nations have launched some ambitious plans. China cannot afford the cost of losing this race.”
     China has admitted that since the new nuclear space technology is very ambitious, the project might still have some challenges as it nears its launch date. Currently, China has only been able to launch one nuclear device into orbit. This was a small radioactive battery on the Yutu 2 space probe.
     This new reactor program makes it clear that China is further advancing in the ongoing international space race. Some experts say that China is still catching up with the U.S.
     The South China Morning Post says that the programs to develop nuclear reactors for use in space are shrouded in secrecy. This means that there is no legislation in place to deal with possible accidents such as a botched launch that might release nuclear materials or a meltdown in space.

Ambient office = 95 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 89 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 83 nanosieverts per hour

Tomato from Central Market = 129 nanosieverts per hour

Tap water = 122 nanosieverts per hour

Filter water = 109 nanosieverts per hour

Part 3 of 3 Parts (Please read Part 1 and Part 2 first)
        Alex Vatanka works at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He is a veteran Iran specialist who  believes that Tehran’s deep ideological commitment to its nuclear program. He says that despite Iran’s mistrust of the Europeans and the U.S., he believes that Iran does want to come back to the JCPOA in order to ease domestic economic pressure. He sees recent Iranian actions and demands as “strengthening its hand”.
     Mr. Vatanka theorizes that Iran may not actually want nuclear weapons. He thinks that Iran may stay on the nuclear threshold. He says that “It’s an option they would like to have, clearly, but it’s not about weaponizing. “It’s about Iran being a crucial nuclear state and making the point to the Americans that regime change is not going to happen.” He is not convinced that Israel is serious about a strike on Iran. He suggests that clandestine Israeli efforets could be much more effective at holding up Iran’s nuclear progress. He comments that “They have proven they can do that. Iran is clearly totally infiltrated at a high level. There’s definitely a flow of information that they have.”
     A decade ago, there were reports that the U.S. and Israel mounted a coordinated attack on Iran using the Stuxnet computer virus to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program.
     More recently, Iran has blamed Israel for the assassination of its top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. He was shot and killed near Tehran with ann AI-assisted, remote controlled machine gun. As part of what it calls its “war between the wars”, Israel has also carried out hundreds of military strikes to reduce Iranian entrenchment in neighboring Syria and the movement of precision guided munitions to Hezbollah.
     There are many different opinions among experts about what will happen next, there is a consensus that upcoming talks on Iran’s nuclear plans come at a critical time and that the stakes for the volatile Middle East could not be higher. If Iran develops its own nuclear arsenal, other Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt will probably also start nuclear weapons programs. The U.S. has said that it wants to end “forever wars” in the Middle East. But it has also been seen flexing its military power.
     In a symbolic move, at the end of the recent Israeli air exercises, a U.S. warplane capable of carrying a bunker-buster bomb that could be used to target Iran’s underground nuclear sites was escorted through Israeli airspace by two Israeli fighter jets.
     The current situation is very unstable and there is a lot of negotiation and angry announcements. The U.S. would like to get back to the JCPOA, the Iranians would like to make changes and the Israelis are preparing to attack Iran. An additional complication is the probability that if Israel is attacked by Arab nations and feels that it has no chance of surviving, they will launch nuclear strikes across the Middle East.
     The paradox is that serious preparation for military action against Iran could be the best way to stop it from happening.

Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour

Tomato from Central Market = 124 nanosieverts per hour

Tap water = 108 nanosieverts per hour

Filter water = 93 nanosieverts per hour