July 2023
Geiger Readings for July 08, 2023
Ambient office = 99 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1244 - Westinghouse Pursues License For eVinci Microreactor In Canada
Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted the first set of documents to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) required for the pre-licensing vendor design review (VDR) of its eVinci microreactor.
Nuclear News Roundup July 07, 2023
Editorial: Sweden embraces nuclear energy thebrunwicknews.com
Geiger Readings for July 07, 2023
Ambient office = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1243 - Ukraine Fears That Russia May Deliberately Blow Up The Zaporizizhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Located in southeast Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. It normally produces about twenty percent of Ukraine’s electricity. The plant was captured by Russian forces in March of 2022. At the time of its capture, it was feared that the Russian forces would destroy the plant to halt a Ukrainian advance.
Geiger Readings for July 06, 2023
Ambient office = 61 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 102 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 910 - University of Manchester Researchers Find That Some Types Of Bacteria Would Improve Containment Of Nuclear Waste
Certain microbes can use radionuclides such as uranium and neptunium instead of oxygen. In the process, they convert the radionuclides from soluble forms to insoluble forms which makes them less mobile. This should improve our confidence in radioactive waste disposal plans according to Jonathan Lloyd. Lloyd is a geomicrobiologist at the University of Manchester in the U.K.
Geiger Readings for July 05, 2023
Ambient office = 63 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Weapons 824 - Missing Russian Nuclear Weapons
Before it collapsed in 1991, the Soviet Union (S.U.) manufactured more than twenty-seven thousand nuclear weapons. They also produced more than enough weapons grade uranium and plutonium to make another eighty-one thousand nuclear weapons. The S.U. suffered severe economic distress, widespread corruption, lax security and dependency on the bureaucratic.
Geiger Readings for July 04, 2023
Ambient office = 59 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1242 - Consolidated Uranium Incorporated Is Reopening The Tony Mine In Utah To Ascertain Levels Of Uranium and Vanadium
Consolidated Uranium Incorporated (CU) is based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. It has announced the start of a set of comprehensive work programs. One such program involves the reopening of the underground workings of its Tony M uranium mine. It has been fifteen years since the mine last produced uranium. CU also plans to investigate the vanadium potential of the underground Tony M mine.
Geiger Readings for July 03, 2023
Ambient office = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 113 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear News Roundup July 02, 2023
European consortium focuses on VVER fuel world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for July 02, 2023
Ambient office = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour