Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy nuclear contamination in Los Alamos. Los Alamos is the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons.
Why Is the US Fighting Nuclear Threats Behind Closed Doors? Hindustantimes.com
Ambient office = 158 nanosieverts per hour
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Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France is an example of magnetic confinement fusion. ITER has recently been delayed until 2039 rather than 2035 which had previously been announced. The cost has risen an additional cost of five billion dollars.
TVA board approves nuclear investment, rate increase kentuckytoday.com
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
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In the quest to harness nuclear fusion as a nearly limitless and clean energy source, researchers have turned to mayonnaise. This household condiment is assisting scientists at Lehigh University to understand complex fluid dynamics that take place during fusion reactions. Their research will potentially pave the way for more efficient fusion processes.
Ambient office = 89 nanosieverts per hour
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Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are designing a probe to detect special nuclear material remotely.
Moussa N’Gom is an RPI physicist. He is leading research which is aimed at developing a quantum sensing probe which can detect special nuclear materials without contact.
Ambient office = 66 nanosieverts per hour
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Two U.S. companies, Kronos Advanced Technologies and Yasheng Group, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a small nuclear battery named Nickel 63 to narrow the battery development gap with China. According to the announcement made by the new partnership, the nuclear battery will have an extended lifespan of up to 50 years.
Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
The construction of a new warehouse at the Spanish Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant, to store highly radioactive waste sixty miles from the Portuguese border, is under public consultation until September.
