TERM PAPER DONE BY: SUMEET SONI LECTURER: JAMES MUNYITHYA I.D NO: 637294 COURSE: NSC2215 TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPIC PAGE INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………2 NUCLEAR REACTIONS……………………………………………………………….3 HOW IT WORKS…………………………………………………………………………5 BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS…………………………………9 DRAWBACKS OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS…………………………….10 CASE STUDY……………………………………………………………………………11 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………
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critical mass from a sub-critical mass of one of the two fissile isotopes. The critical mass is induced from either the compression method‚ or from the gun-barrel method. The gun-barrel method consists of a plug of a fissile isotope and a bullet of the same fissile with explosives behind the bullet. When the explosives detonate‚ the bullet is smashed into the plug‚ inducing a critical mass. The compression uses a hollow sphere of a fissile isotope‚ usually Plutonium-238‚ that is compressed by conventional
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HELİUM 3 As we know‚ helium is a lightweight and non-radioactive isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. Also it sometimes called ‘tralphium’. According to many experts‚ helium-3 can be a clean nuclear power. There are many benefits of helium-3 but the most important problem is that there is very little helium-3 available on the Earth. First of all‚ I will give general some information about helium-3 isotope. Helium-3 | General | Name‚ symbol | Helium-3‚ 3He‚ He-3
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Why Is Cameron? why not How do you produce nuclear energy? In a nuclear-fueled power plant – much like a fossil-fueled power plant – water is turned into steam‚ which in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. The difference is the source of heat. At nuclear power plants‚ the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split – called fission. What is the process that occurs during a nuclear chain reaction? Nuclear Chain Reactions. A chain reaction refers to a process in
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Nuclear Reactors An Overview Nuclear reactor is any class of devices that can initiate and control a self-sustaining series of nuclear fissions. Nuclear reactors are used as research tools‚ as systems for producing radioactive isotopes‚ and most prominently as energy sources for nuclear power plants.Djeresssi (1991) Principles of operation Nuclear reactors operate on the principle of nuclear fission‚ the process in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into two smaller fragments. The nuclear fragments
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Plutonium was named after the planet Pluto‚ after the planet Neptune in the solar system and Neptune gave its name to Neptunium. <br><br>Plutonium is a silvery metal that turns yellow when exposed to air. It is warm to the touch due to the releasing radioactive energy from it. The atomic number of Plutonium is 94. It has an average atomic mass of 244. The symbol for plutonium is Pu. Plutonium is a lot like calcium. This is why take its place in bones‚ breaking down marrow cells and in doing so causing
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PHYSICS UNIT 2 Physics P2 for GCSE Additional Science or GCSE Physics AQA GCSE Science PHYSICS 2 Unit P2.1 Forces and their effects Appreciate that forces can cause changes to the shape or motion of an object. Not only can objects can move in a straight line at a constant speed but they can also change their speed and/ or direction (accelerate or decelerate). Be able to use/produce graphs can help us to describe the movement of an object. These may be distance-time graphs or velocity-time graphs
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Gr7 Science: Applications of the Atom Can The Demonstrated Vast Destructive Power of Nuclear Bombs Continue To Act As A Deterrent To World War III? In early August 1945 an American B-‐29 bomber‚ along with two other planes‚ dropped Little Boy onto the Japanese City of Hiroshima. Then
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Antoine Henri Becquerel was born in Paris on December 15‚ 1852. He was a member of a family of scholars and scientists over four generations‚ including his grandfather‚ Antoine-Cesar Becquerel (1788-1878)‚ his father‚ Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-91)‚ and his own son Jean Becquerel (1878-1953). After his early schooling at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand‚ Henri studied engineering at the École des Ponts et Chaussées (1874-77)‚ history at the École Polytechnique (1872-74) and his fields of science were
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(~2 nm) X-rays in water is less than 1 micrometer.[4] The distinction between X-rays and gamma rays has changed in recent decades. Originally‚ the electromagnetic radiation emitted by X-ray tubes had a longer wavelength than the radiation emitted by radioactive nuclei (gamma rays).[5] Older literature distinguished between X- and gamma radiation on the basis of wavelength‚ with radiation shorter than some arbitrary wavelength‚ such as 10−11 m‚ defined as gamma rays.[6] However‚ as shorter wavelength continuous
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