August 2022
Geiger Readings for Aug 10, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1051 - Dangers At Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Escalate - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Some analysts have been quick to point out that nuclear plants such as Zaporizhzhia are designed to withstand terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Nuclear News Roundup Aug 09, 2022
Seabrook nuclear plant ends probe on 'human error' false alarm seacoastonline.com
Geiger Readings for Aug 09, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 105 nanosieverts per hour
- Nuclear Reactors 1050 - Dangers At Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant Escalate - Part 1 of 2 Parts
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Part 1 of 2 Parts
For months, the world has been concerned that fighting around the huge Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine poses a risk for all of Europe. Earlier this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a global nuclear watchdog, said that the situation was getting worse.
Geiger Readings for Aug 08, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 07, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 149 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Aug 06, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 869 - Second Company Protests Award Of Contract At The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Last week, I posted about a dispute over a contract award for operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Now a second company has disputed the award of the three-billion-dollar contract to Bechtel subsidiary Tularosa Basin Range Services. Westinghouse subsidiary Carlsbad Operations Alliance filled a protest with the Government Accounting Office (GOA) on August 1st.
Nuclear News Roundup Aug 06, 2022
More support for decommissioning of Wylfa nuclear power station energylivenews.com
Geiger Readings for Aug 05, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 107 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 110 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1049 - A Major Nuclear Accident Anywhere In The Would Could Chill Interest In Expanding Nuclear Power - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Geiger Readings for Aug 04, 2022
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1048 - A Major Nuclear Accident Anywhere In The Would Could Chill Interest In Expanding Nuclear Power - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Many analysts believe that nuclear energy is at an inflection point. Historically, early enthusiasm about its potential was undercut by a series of devastating and dangerous accidents. These three nuclear disasters took place at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979; Chornobyl in Ukraine in 1986; and Fukushima Daiichi in Japan in 2011.