February 2023

     Multiple uncrewed lunar landings are planned for the next twelve months. They are spurred by a renewed effort in the U.S. to return humans to the lunar surface later this decade. Both private space companies and national agencies are set to make the two hundred- and forty-thousand-mile voyage to our celestial neighbor. They will test landing capabilities, look for usable water ice, and more.

      Former engineers from SpaceX are working on a portable microreactor that is lightweight and cost-effect. They call it the “world’s first portable, zero-emissions power source.”

Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 126 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 129 nanosieverts per hour

Nuclear Bitcoin Mining Hits Snag as UK Startup Sells Business blockworks.co

      MoltexFLEX is a subsidiary of Moltex Energy Limited. It has just received a research grant to work with researchers at the University of Manchester to investigate how its FLEX reactor’s molten coolant salt interacts with graphite. The grant came from the Henry Royce institute of Advanced Materials.

Ambient office = 100 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 67 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 70 nanosieverts per hour

Top spy believes Ukrainian troops crossing into Crimea not to trigger nuclear strike Ukrinform.net

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     The United Nations’ (U.N.) top nuclear official is now warning that Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to build “several” nuclear warheads if it chooses. Unfortunately, diplomatic efforts once again restricting Iran’s nuclear program seem even less likely than before as Iran supplies drones to Russia in its war on Ukraine and riots shake the Islamic Republic.

Ambient office = 89 nanosieverts per hour

Ambient outside = 101 nanosieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain water = 106 nanosieverts per hour