July 2018
Geiger Readings for Jun 28, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 343 - University Of Helsinki Researchers Utilize Electrospun Sodium Titanate To Remove Strontium From Contaminated Water
The Ion Exchange for Nuclear Waste Treatment and for Recycling is a research group at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Helsinki. Recently, they have been working on materials that can be used to remove radioactive contamination from water.
Geiger Readings for Jun 27, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 48 - Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics' Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator Sets New Fusion Product Records
The Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics is a German physics institute dedicated to the exploration of plasma physics for potential use in the creation of commercial fusion power reactors. It is an institute of the Max Planck Society and has two sites; one in Garching near Munich and one in Greifswald.
Geiger Readings for Jun 26, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 579 - The U.S. House Energy And Commerce Subcommittee On Energy Has Just Released Four New Bills Dealing With Nuclear Energy
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy approved four bills on Thursday for release to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The chairman of the subcommittee said that these four bills “would take important steps to address key challenges facing the U.S.
Geiger Readings for Jun 25, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Jun 24, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for Jun 23, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Is Working On New Ways To Produce Actinium-225 For Medical Applications
Actinium-225 is a rare medical radioisotope. Treatments based on the use of actinium have been tested on leukemia, melanoma, glioma and prostate cancer and found to be effective. Most of the Ac-225 that has been produced has come from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Two other international sources have produced smaller amounts of Ac-225.
Geiger Readings for Jun 22, 2018
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 76 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Researching Use Of Deep Learning To Identify Signals Related To Radioactive Decay
Radioactive decay occurs when the nucleus of an unstable atom ejects an elementary particle such as an electron or neutron and changes to a different isotope which may be a different element. It is a ubiquitous natural phenomenon.