October 2022
Geiger Readings for Sep 29, 2022
Ambient office = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 168 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 167 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1069 - Director General Of The IAEA Delivers Opening Speech For Annual Conference - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Plastic Pollution
“NUTEC Plastics, another flagship initiative that has captured the imagination and will of many around the world, helps countries harness environmentally friendly radiation techniques to recycle plastic and use isotopic tracing to better understand the problem of marine microplastic pollution.”
Food
Geiger Readings for Sep 28, 2022
Ambient office = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 124 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1068 - Director General Of The IAEA Delivers Opening Speech For Annual Conference - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Nuclear News Roundup Sep 27, 2022
RoPower to repower coal plant with small reactors world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for Sep 27, 2022
Ambient office = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1067 - U.S. Air Force Issues A Request for Proposals for a Microreactor
The U.S. Department of the Air Force collaborated with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLAE) to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for a microreactor to be constructed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. The RFP is available at the Sam.gov website. DLAE “enables mission readiness by providing globally resilient energy solutions to the Warriors and the Whole of Government.”
Geiger Readings for Sep 26, 2022
Ambient office = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 72 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 69 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Sep 25, 2022
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 61 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear News Roundup Sep 24, 2022
France to speed up new nuclear buildup energylivenews.com
Geiger Readings for Sep 24, 2022
Ambient office = 92 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 91 nanosieverts per hour
U.S. Takes Legal Action To Limit Space Junk - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
U.S. Takes Legal Action To Limit Space Junk - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
There is a cloud of dangerous debris orbiting the Earth. The U.S. government is taking legal steps to limit the amount of space junk after more than six decades of space races, rocket launches, planetary missions and expanding satellite activity.
U.S. X-37B Spaceplane - Part 3 of 3 Parts
Part 3 of 3 Parts (Please read Parts 1 and 2 first)
U.S. X-37B Spaceplane - Part 2 of 3 Parts
Part 2 of 3 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
These specifications are taken from official numbers and other figures that are publicly available.
• Length: 29 feet 3 inches
• Wingspan: 14 feet 11 inches
• Height: 9 feet 6 inches
• Payload bay: 7 feet × 4 feet
• Payload capacity: 500 pounds
• Max launch weight: 11,000 pounds
U.S. X-37B Spaceplane - Part 1 of 3 Parts
Part 1 of 3 Parts