Satellite have been used for communication for decades. Although there have been some attempts to provide Internet services via communication satellites, the technology was slow and expensive which limited its use. These satellites were in geosynchronous orbit which is twenty three thousand miles from the Earth.
Saudi Arabia in very interested in purchasing nuclear power reactors. They say that they want to use nuclear power internally so they can export more of their oil for export profits. Major suppliers of nuclear technology around the world are in discussion with Saudi Arabia about supplying those desired reactors.
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 137 nanosieverts per hour
Howard University was founded in 1867. It is a private research university composed of thirteen schools and colleges. It is located in northwest Washington, D.C. two miles from the U.S. capitol.
Ambient office = 128 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 137 nanosieverts per hour
The Hanford Nuclear reservation in south central Washington State was used by the U.S. government to manufacture nuclear weapons from the Fifties through the Eighties. They left behind over a hundred tanks filled with toxic and radioactive materials that are leaking into the soil and scattered radioactive buildings.
Ambient office = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 139 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 105 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 90 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March of 2011, Germany made a commitment to shut down all of its nuclear power reactors. Eight of the seventeen nuclear power reactors in Germany have now been shut down and the rest are scheduled to be shut down by 2022.
Ambient office = 84 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 114 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 114 nanosieverts per hour
I have briefly mentioned Africa on this blog in the past. There are fifty-two countries in Africa but only one of them, South Africa, has a nuclear reactor. Countries that manufacture nuclear reactors and produce nuclear fuel, especially Russia and China, see Africa as a great future market for nuclear power to provide desperately needed electrification to the developing countries there.
China to build 4 nuclear aircraft carriers to catch up with US Navy, experts say. Economictimes.indiantimes.com
Ambient office = 95 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour
