steam. The steam spins large turbines that drive the generators to produce electricity. Although there are many types of nuclear reactors in the world‚ all operate on the same basic principle. A reactor produces heat through the splitting of uranium atoms. This process is called ’fission’. Nuclear energy has many benefits‚ particularly in the areas of environment and health. Nuclear energy emits no combustion by-products‚ no acid gases and no greenhouse gases. It is a clean‚ safe‚ and economical
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Generation. Retrieved January 16‚ 2011 from http://www.technologystudent.com/energy1/nuclear1.htm U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nuclear reactors. Retrieved January 15‚ 2011 from www.nrc.gov World Nuclear Association. December 2010. Supply of uranium. Retrieved January 16‚ 2011 from www.world-nuclear.org
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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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On the morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima‚ Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20‚000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were an unprecedented assemblage of civilian‚ and military scientific brain power-brilliant‚ intense‚ and young‚ the people that helped develop the bomb. Unknowingly they came to an isolated mountain setting‚ known as Los Alamos
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of energy. Nuclear Power is reliable because it provides us with large power-generating capacity able to meet all needs. Nuclear Power is the most environmentally favorable way of producing electricity on a large scale. For example‚ a gram of uranium‚ which is used as fuel for Nuclear Power‚ produces energy as much as four tons of coal. Wood produces even less energy. Nuclear Power produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel. Nuclear Power is also able to meet industrial and city
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reserves of natural gas has 144 trillion m3‚ can be used no more than 62 years. Global uranium reserves estimated about 4‚36 million tons. In a nuclear reactor‚ nuclear fuel that has been used can be recycled‚ if this is done at a nuclear power plant in the world‚ all the rest of the uranium can be a supply of energy for thousands of years. Beside that‚ in the world also know there are 4 billion tons of uranium in
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The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Written By: Nicholas Phandoe World War II began on September 1st‚ 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and then ended on September 2nd‚ 1945 with the signing of the surrender documents from Japan aboard the American Battleship USS Missouri. During the course of 1941 when the US joined WWII‚ and 1945 when it ended over 291‚000 US American
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Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the world with his work on the Manhattan project during WWII‚ contributing to the Cold War‚ creating a nuclear warfare‚ and showed the potential for nuclear energy. He was the lead scientist of this world-shattering project. The Manhattan Project developed the atomic bombs that were nicknamed “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” that put an end to WWII and forever changed the way the world fights wars. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 250‚000 people
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Behavioral Finance and Herd behavior National Taiwan University‚ department of Finance‚ Group 6‚ Oct 30‚ 2012. BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND HERD BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION There are various types of irrational behaviors of investors‚ among which we are highly interested in why people tend to follow what others do rather than believe in his or her own judgment. The phenomenon is called herd behavior. Some investors claim‚ “We know there is herd mentality‚ so we need to be in the group.” HYPOTHESIS
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fusion with heavier nuclei. This is the process that gives rise to nucleosynthesis‚ the creation of the heavy elements during events like supernovas. 4. Nuclear power plant A) Working :- Nuclear power plants are powered by Uranium. In a process known as nuclear fission‚ uranium atoms are split to produce large amount of energy which is eventually converted to heat. The enormous amount of heat created‚ boils the water to produce steam‚ which is used to rotate turbines. These turbines in-turn spin the
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