May 2022
Nuclear News Roundup May 17, 2022
Korean conglomerate to cooperate with TerraPower world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for May 17, 2022
Ambient office = 80 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 117 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 856 - Debate Rages Over Dumping Irradiated Wastewater Into Cape Cod Bay - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
During the Senate field hearing, attorneys from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and from the National Resources Defense Council, an environmental law firm, brought up the NRC’s proposed rule changes.
Geiger Readings for May 16, 2022
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for May 15, 2022
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 125 nanosieverts per hour
Geiger Readings for May 14, 2022
Ambient office = 123 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 855 - Debate Rages Over Dumping Irradiated Wastewater Into Cape Cod Bay - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Geiger Readings for May 13, 2022
Ambient office = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 94 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1025 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 2 of 2 Parts
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Under HB 434, the new state nuclear authority would perform “an essential government function [on] matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property acquired.” The bill offers no estimate of how much money would ultimately be spent. Any fiscal impacts would not be known until an agreement with the NRC or the DoE.
Geiger Readings for May 12, 2022
Ambient office = 81 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1024 - Ohio Legislature Working On Bill To Stimulate Molten Salt Reactor Research and Development - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Three years ago, Ohio lawmakers tried to bail out the state’s aging nuclear power plants by passing a law intended to make utility customers pay more than one billion dollars in subsidies for these former FirstEnergy commercial nuclear power plants.
Geiger Readings for May 11, 2022
Ambient office = 83 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 1023 - Tractebel Is Working On The Nuward Small Modular Reactor Project For France
Tractebel is going to contribute to the development of France’s Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) project. The Belgian engineering company will carry out studies for the completion of the conceptual design of “the first SMR is the European Union.