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    During the last century‚ nuclear power has been established as a reliable source of energy in the major industrialized countries. Nuclear power plants provide about 17 percent of the world’s electricity. In the United States‚ nuclear power supplies about 15 percent of the electricity overall. Although no new plants are scheduled to be built in the United States‚ nuclear power is growing to be a popular producer of power. It has recently enjoyed a revival in attention and research due to the environmental

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    1/14/2011 Nuclear family - Wikipedia‚ the free enc… Nuclear family From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A nuclear family is a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children‚ who share living quarters. This can be contrasted with an extended family. Nuclear families can have any number of children. Historical records indicate that it was not until the 17th and 18th centuries that the nuclear family became prevalent in Western Europe. With the emergence of Proto-industrialisation

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    MODEL ANSWER—THAILAND’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT I INTRODUCTION As authorized by you‚ I submit an analytical report on the above subject in memo form Thailand will build its first nuclear power plant by 2022 to meet rising electricity demands. Although Thailand drafted the first nuclear power plant in 1991‚ it was not implemented due to strong opposition from environmentalists. I have interviewed Energy Minister Pityasavasti Amranand‚ and received information from the Bangkok Post of 27th Jan 2008

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    A nuclear power reactor uses a reaction called nuclear fission to produce a large amount of energy in the plant. The nuclear reactor produces electrical energy the same way in which other power plants do. The only difference is how heat is created. Power plant that run on fossil fuel burn coal‚ oil or natural gas to generate heat. In nuclear energy‚ heat is produced through nuclear fission. Nuclear Fission is a process where a large atom such as Uranium or Plutonium splits into two smaller atoms

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    Nuclear energy Nuclear energy in scientific terms defined as the inhaustible energy derived from the nucleus of an atom by the process of nucleus break up through nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits and releases radioactive materials such as uranium which are used in many ways. Nuclear fusion is a process s when the two atoms of an element get together and large amount of heat is generated. in this way the nucleus releases tremendous

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    occurring radioactive elements found in the Earth. We are also exposed to man-made radiation including medical radiation. Nearly half of the radiation in which the US population is exposed to comes from medical sources such as CT scans‚ x-rays‚ and nuclear medicine. In 1899‚ Ernest Rutherford discovered that the radiation emitted by uranium consisted of two kinds of rays: one with weak penetrating power‚ (alpha rays) and another with stronger penetrating power (beta rays). A third and even more penetrating

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    In “Nuclear Waste”‚ Richard A. Muller‚ a professor of physics at the University of California at Berkeley‚ discusses the dangers of nuclear waste and criticizes how important figures are handling the situation. To put it another way‚ Muller’s main intention of this article is to inform any future president about the reality of nuclear waste and power by reinforcing the fact that nuclear waste is intractable. Besides‚ Muller points out that it is impractical to focus on the absolute containment of

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    h Applications of Nuclear Chemistry with Medicine The role nuclear chemistry plays a major role in medicine‚ the parts that nuclear chemistry with medicine is the form of radiation. There are types of methods used to apply radiation to the human body to outline some they will be medical imaging (X rays) and radiation therapy which are in the emphasis of nuclear medicine. Also nuclear chemistry has some other methods that deals with nuclear medicine called analytic methods which are using radioactive

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    DAIICHI NUCLEAR DISASTER Date: March 11‚ 2011 Location: Ōkuma‚ Fukushima‚ Japan Construction began: July 25‚ 1967 (Fukushima I - 1) Commission date: March 26‚ 1971 (Fukushima I - 1) Operator(s): Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Constructor(s): Kajima Injuries: 37 with physical injuries‚ 2 workers taken to hospital with radiation burns. THE POWERPLANT The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant also known as Fukushima Dai-ichi (dai-ichi means "number one")‚ is a disabled nuclear power plant located

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    Nuclear Beauty: The Uranium Story Uranium one of about 118 elements on our great periodic table. It is the 92nd element in the Periodic Tale and it can be found on the last group on the periodic table‚ or period 7. Its element symbol is U‚ with an atomic mass of 92; A Molar Mass of 238.028910‚ and 92 electrons as well as protons and a total of 6 valance electrons. Its melting point is 2‚070 degrees Fahrenheit (1‚132 degrees Celsius‚ or 1405.372 K) and with a boiling point of 7‚468 degrees Fahrenheit

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