January 2024
Geiger Readings for January 06, 2024
Ambient office = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 165 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 167 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Batteries 1 - Betavolt Announces A New Miniature Betavoltaic Battery
A device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity is referred to as an atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator. They are not nuclear reactors because although they generate electricity from nuclear energy, they differ in that they do not use a chain reaction.
Geiger Readings for January 05, 2024
Ambient office = 104 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1335 - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Supports Construction Of A Near Surface Disposal Facility
Yesterday, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the CNSC’s decision to amend the nuclear research and test establishment operating license held by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for Chalk River Laboratories. The amendment authorizes the construction of a near surface disposal facility (NSDF) on the Chalk River Laboratories site, which is located in Deep River, Ontario.
Nuclear News Roundup January 04, 2024
Air Force conducts second Sentinel static fire test afnwc.af.mil
Geiger Readings for January 04, 2024
Ambient office = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 159 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 159 nanosieverts per hour
Greeb onion from Central Market = 73 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1334 - France Is Turning Away From Renewables For Climate Change Mitigation
Critics are labeling a new French energy bill that favors the further development of nuclear power as a step backward. The new bill avoids setting expected targets for solar and wind power and other renewals.
Geiger Readings for January 03, 2024
Ambient office = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 112 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1333 - EDF Suggests The Creation Of A Salt Marsh To Protect Fish At Hinkley C
EDF Energy has proposed the creation of more than 800 acres of saltmarsh on the River Parrett in Somerset UK. This would serve as an alternative to the proposal for 280 underwater speakers to produce an acoustic fish deterrent at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Nuclear News Roundup January 02, 2024
Onagawa 2 restart delayed by 'several months' world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for January 02, 2024
Ambient office = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1332 - Japanese Regulatory Allow TEPCO To Restart Two Reactors
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in 2021 that prohibited the company from moving nuclear fuel or loading it into reactors at the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.
Geiger Readings for January 01, 2024
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 153 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 148 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear News Roundup December 31, 2023
EIA program submitted for Olkiluoto 1 and 2 world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for December 31, 2023
Ambient office = 127 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 93 nanosieverts per hour