creates nuclear power is known as nuclear fission. When uranium is blasted with fast-moving atoms known as neutrinos‚ they become unstable and split‚ releasing more fast-moving neutrinos and energy in the form of radiation (Redd). When nuclear fission occurs‚ there are byproducts of the fuel known as fission products. Fission products are highly radioactive and will be such for thousands of years. The current method of disposal is storage in water to shield the outside world from the radiation until
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Disadvantages of Nuclear Power http://wanttoknowit.com/disadvantages-of-nuclear-power/ The Basics of Nuclear Power Nuclear power is generated from a metal called uranium. Uranium is mined in places such as Australia‚ Argentina‚ Canada‚ Brazil‚ China‚ France and many other countries. The uranium is used to create controlled nuclear reactions called nuclear fission. Nuclear fission gives off a tremendous amount of heat which is used to heat water to create steam. This steam turns turbines which
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We hypothesized that the amount of UV radiation exposed has a negative correlation with yeast genetic stability‚ which ultimately determines the number of yeast colonies. In this experiment‚ yeast cells were treated with UV radiation‚ protected by photoprotective agents with different strength (in ascending order: Sunscreen #2‚ #1‚ aluminium foil). After letting it grow for seven days at 37 degrees‚ some grown colonies were counted to determine the effectiveness of photoprotective agents. After comparing
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“Solar Radiation and its Effects on Planet Earth” The Sun emits a tremendous amount of energy‚ in the form of electromagnetic radiation‚ into space. If we could somehow build a gigantic ball around the Sun that completely enclosed it‚ and lined that ball with perfectly efficient photovoltaic solar panels‚ we could capture all of that energy and convert it to electricity and be set in terms of Earth ’s energy needs for a very long time. Lacking such a fanciful sphere‚ most of the Sun ’s energy
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THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE Nuclear energy is a powerful source of energy compared to other conventional fuels. All crude oil based fuels derive their energy from oxidation‚ which is a change in the energy levels of electrons outside the nucleus. However‚ nuclear energy derives power from changes in the nuclear energy levels of the atomic nucleus! Tremendous energy lies locked up inside a radioactive nucleus and nuclear fission is a way of tapping this energy. Nuclear power plants derive
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Nuclear Energy Should Be Continued The use of nuclear energy should be allowed to continue for many reasons such as nuclear energy is cleaner and safe when handled properly. An example of where nuclear energy is cleaner than other forms of energy such as coal-burning is in how the energy or heat is produced in the plants. In nuclear power plant the energy or heat it produced by the fission of Uranium; in a coal-burning plant the burning of coal produces the energy or heat. The Uranium power plant
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alternative career path would be to become a Radiation Therapists. A radiation therapist is a person who treats cancer and other diseases by administering radiation treatments the patient. I choose this line of work because I enjoy helping and working with people. If my first career path doesn’t work out‚ I still want to continue to work with people. I still want to achieve my goal of making a difference in my community. According to Bls.gov‚ radiation therapist made a median annual wage of $80
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India’s Nuclear Policy The relationship between International Nuclear Regimes and developing nations is a matter of passionate debate. Debate is in process on certain issues like nuclear policy‚ on grand strategies‚ on basic political values etc. It is a debate with implications for our individual and collective existence and raises fundamental question about political preferences‚ approaches and pathways ahead. The end of World War II and use of nuclear bomb presented US with new kind of
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advances in nuclear weaponry have given the man the power to destroy the world. At certain points in history‚ such as the Cuban missile crisis‚ the world has stood on the brink of destruction. *The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States‚ the Soviet Union‚ and Cuba that occurred in the early 1960s during the Cold War. The crisis ranks as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War‚ and is often regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war.
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Nuclear Energy is the Future An Argumentative essay Presented to Dr. Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan Department of English and Applied Linguistics De La Salle University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for ENGLCOM Term 2‚ AY 2011-2012 09 December 2011 Do you believe that something small can power a country? A pound of Uranium has the capacity to produce the same amount of energy of 3 million pounds of fossil fuel. That ’s how powerful nuclear energy is‚ generating so
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