December 2023
Geiger Readings for November 29, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 156 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1312 - Estonia Is Considering The Need To Deploy Nuclear Power
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Jevgeni Ossinovski is a Social Democratic Party (SDE) Member of Parliament and a former government minister. He said that a nuclear power plant should only be constructed in Estonia if it is an unavoidable necessity. Ossinovski made his remarks at a debate of party politicians which formed part of Monday’s Nuclear Energy Information Day conference.
Geiger Readings for November 28, 202
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 140 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 139 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1311 - NuScale Is Under Fire For Misrepresenting Prospects To Investors
Investors have drawn NuScale, a Portland-based nuclear power company, into federal court. They claim that the company misled them about a major project promised to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Nuclear News Roundup November 27, 2023
Jeff Duncan leads bill that would overhaul nuclear power regulation postandcourier.com
Geiger Readings for November 27, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 171 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 148 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 144 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for November 26, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for November 25, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 133 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 125 nanosieverts per hour
Laurentis Energy Partners And Saskatchewan Utility SaskPower Are Collaborating On The Development And Deployment Of SMRs In Two Canadian Provinces
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) subsidiary Laurentis Energy Partners (LEP) and Saskatchewan utility SaskPower have just announced details of their Master Services Agreement. The agreement is for collaboration to advance the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Saskatchewan.
Geiger Readings for November 24, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 65 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 86 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 89 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1309 - Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Is Working On Micro Modular Reactors For U.K. Deployment
Installation of solar panels and wind turbines is increasing around the globe. Critics claim that renewables alone are not enough to fully decarbonize the electrical grid because of the issue of intermittency.
Natural gas plants are often used to deal with intermittency. Is it possible to decarbonize such plants?
Nuclear News Roundup November 23, 2023
Second large Polish nuclear plant gets approval world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for November 23, 2023
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 52 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 136 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 142 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Fusion 57 - The U.S. Will Announce International Project To Commercialize Fusion At COP28
The U.S. intends to outline the first global strategy for commercializing nuclear fusion power at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. This could be a major milestone in scientists’ decades long quest to develop and deploy this carbon free source of electricity. The COP28 is being held from the 30th of November to the 12th of December at Expo City in Dubai.