Uses of radioisotopes Nuclear Power Note: nuclear power works by radioactivity “Radioisotopes are naturally occurring or synthetic radioactive form of an element. Most radioisotopes are made by bombarding a stable element with neutrons in the core of a nuclear reactor. The radiations given off by radioisotopes are easy to detect. Most natural isotopes of relative atomic mass less than 208 are not radioactive. Those from 210 and up are all radioactive.”(Radioisotope - Hutchinson Encyclopedia)
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Discussion Ideas: Nuclear Ener… Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Group Discussion Ideas An important step in interviews Home Topics About me Learn the art of Living Some positive thoughts You can suggest a new group discussion topic by posting a comment. FRIDAY‚ MARCH 18‚ 2011 Nuclear Energy in India - Boon or Bane? Points to be known:Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source of electricity in India after thermal‚ hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity. There are 442 nuclear reactors in the
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GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS According to the movie‚ TRINITY AND BEYOND: THE ATOMIC BOMB MOVIE‚ on July the sixteenth year 1945‚ at a site called "Trinity"‚ a plutonium bomb ’ was piled and taken up the top of a tower. This plutonium bomb ’ was exploded thereby generating a very high measure of flash light and a fireball that radiated through 0.6 kilometers (0.37 miles) in 2 seconds. The detonative energy or power was equivalent to 18.6 kilotons of TNT. This fume grew up
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In these modern times‚ are nuclear power plants feasible to every nation around the world? How about in a nation experiencing the toll of depletion of resources‚ destruction of nature and poverty at the same time; is it still an answer for economic growth? Is the construction of nuclear power plants an aid for the spur of development of a country or a growing threat to the environment? Do nuclear power plants serve the people best or destroy the nature best? Nuclear power plants are said to have
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TITLE.; THE NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AT SELLAFIELD Introduction Requirement specifications for a new nuclear plant provide the basis for selecting the appropriate reactor and other machinery for the successful implementation of the project. There are a total of 14 nuclear power stations in operation in the UK and there are 6 which have gone under decommissioning in the past 15 years. Nuclear power plants supply at present 20% of UK’s total energy requirements. A further
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forget-me-not blue casted an aura of heavenly peace over its three hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. That peaceful heaven‚ however‚ was about to be obliterated by a destructive new weapon created by the United States of America. That morning‚ the first nuclear bomb ever created was deployed over Hiroshima. Its virtually unimaginable power obliterated the entire city along with forty percent of its population within seconds. America succeeded in creating the most destructive weapon mankind had ever seen
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I belive that we should own nuclear wepons. Hoever‚ I also belive that we shouldn’t keep wasing millions of trillions of dollars on them. Our country is very loved‚ but aslo very hated. With these weapons we can keep us safer and also we can help keep allies safer with advanced weapons. With the amount of nuclear weapons we do have we could blow up the world. It would only take roughly around 200 of these bombs to destroy the largest county in the wrold which is Russia. With the creation of the nukes
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THE NEGATIVE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION Page 1 Abstract Nuclear radiation has been a major problem since 1941 when the Second World War began. A major contribution to World War Two is the nuclear bomb‚ also known as the Atom bomb. Once the two bombs were dropped‚ the usually terminal Leukemia was derived throughout Japan. There are three types of radiation‚ Alpha‚ Beta‚ and Gamma radiation. In my study of radiation I discovered that radiation can damage many cells in your body
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ways to generate electricity. One unique way out of this energy crisis seems to be "nuclear energy." The science of nuclear fission and atomic radiation was developed between 1895 and 1945; much of that development was focused on the atomic bomb. Then‚ in 1945‚ attention shifted to harnessing this energy for making electricity. Uranium was first discovered in 1789 by a German Chemist‚ and the first commercial nuclear power station started operations in the 1950’s in Russia. Following series of laboratory
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The dangers involved with nuclear power production weigh heavy on the environment as a whole. The population should start to develop newer ways to mass produce energy in a more environmentally safe way. In early stages nuclear plants are extremely expensive. According to OECD the “overnight cost” (calculation of all costs present and future) for nuclear plants under their control is anywhere between $3850/kWe to $5339/kWe. These costs directly affect the US and every tax paying citizen because
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