Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine has been around for more than 50 years now and stems from the discovery of x-rays and artificial radioactivity. In 1946‚ nuclear medicine made a monumental breakthrough when radioactive iodine led to the complete disappearance of cancer in a patient’s thyroid. Nuclear medicine became widely used in the 1950’s to measure the function of the thyroid‚ to diagnose thyroid disease‚ and for the treatment of patients with hyperthyroidism. By the 1970’s nuclear medicine
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sense‚ nuclear power is considered one of the most controversial technologies related to the new millennium. Many people think that nuclear power can provide low-cost energy which can easily substitute oil and the other common sources of energy. In addition to this‚ nuclear weapons are considered the only instrument which can make possible the maintenance of word peace. The nuclear problem is complex and difficult to analyze without any kind of prejudices. First of all‚ it is true that nuclear power
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THE BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY The only clean‚ safe energy source capable of ensuring the continuation of our industrial civilization while protecting the environment. by Bruno Comby Introduction and conclusion (previous conclusion elevated to introduction) Nuclear energy is a clean‚ safe‚ reliable and competitive energy source. It is the only source of energy that can replace a significant part of the fossil fuels (coal‚ oil and gas) which massively pollute the atmosphere and contribute
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Professor Kinkade RWS 280 Analysis of “Nuclear Waste” Richard A. Muller‚ an awardee of the MacArthur Fellowship and physics professor at UC Berkley‚ states in his 2008 essay “Nuclear Waste”‚ that Americans and the rest of the world are overly concerned with radioactive debris and the possibility of nuclear contamination. Muller first brings to light the most common fears of storing nuclear waste; volcanic activity in the Yucca Mountains‚ the area where the waste is stored‚ and the possibility
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Japan Should Use Renewable Energy Rather Than Nuclear Power To Japanese government and citizens who live near nuclear power plants in Japan‚ do you want your next generation to be handicapped? If you don’t‚ get away from there or suspend nuclear power plants. Do you think it’s safe to live near nuclear power plants? I don’t think so‚ especially if you are living in Japan. Japan should use safe renewable energies‚ such as geothermal energy‚ wind energy‚ solar energy‚ and so on. I recommend that
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Introduction The role of nuclear weapons in international politics is one of deterrence and conflict. Webster’s dictionary defines a nuclear weapon as an “explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.” The definition uses the words “destructive force” as it defines what a nuclear weapon is. These weapons are so destructive that they have only been used twice in the course of warfare‚ both times were
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the earth. Nuclear weapons by far have been one of the most dangerous things the earth has experienced (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). After a nuclear weapons kisses the ground‚ not only will the incineration of the terrain occur for miles; but also these radioactive particles will be scattered into the clouds (Effects of Nuclear Weapons). Humans who are exposed to outrages amounts of radioactivity usually will not survive very long after birth or after surviving the blast. As the nuclear warhead scourges
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Nuclear Meltdown Throughout human history‚ there have been and continues to be scandals and cover-ups made by the government and city officials to save their own behinds. Where have all the honest people gone? No matter what the case maybe‚ money and a good reputation seem to prevail over the cost innocent lives. In 1959‚ Rocketdyne‚ a rocket-testing company in the Santa Susana Hills of Simi Valley had a meltdown. Although Rocketdyne representatives deny that the incident caused any type
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Plutionum-239 is thought to be the most important. It can be split into two parts called "fission fragments" that release large amounts of energy. It melts at 641 degrees Celsius and boils at about 3232 degrees Celsius. <br><br>Plutonium is made in large amounts by nuclear reactors. Since it ’s easy to produce it is used a lot in nuclear weapons. An amount of Plutonium about the size of an orange is enough to fuel a nuclear reactor. It is also used as a battery in heart pacemakers. Furthermore‚ it has been
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What is Nuclear Proliferation? Nuclear Proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons‚ fissile material‚ and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information‚ to nations which are not recognized as “Nuclear Weapon States” by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons; also known as Nuclear Proliferation Treaty or NPT. The purpose of the treaty was to help avoid the spread of nuclear weapons to those countries that have not been recognized as nuclear weapons states. NPT has
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