NUCLEAR ENERGY Nuclear energy is the energy contained in the centre ‚ or nucleus of an atom. The nucleus is the most powerful source of energy that exist. Nuclear energy is use in scientific research and in medicine treatments. It powers satellites and submarines‚ and it is used to produce electricity. People have also put nuclear energy to destructive uses through the creation of weapons.1 Nuclear energy also called ATOMIC ENERGY‚ energy
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poisonous carbon dioxide. It is a menace to the environment as well as human life. There is no release of carbon d-oxide at the time of nuclear reaction. * Nuclear reactors make use of uranium as fuel. Fission reaction of a small amount of uranium generates large amount of energy. Currently‚ the high reserves of uranium found on Earth‚ are expected to last for another 100 years. * High amount of energy can be generated from a single nuclear power plant. Also‚ nuclear fuel is inexpensive and easier
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Letter." Letter to Dr. Albert Einstein. 19 Oct. 1939. Wikipedia. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2012. <upload.wikipedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Roosevelt-einstein-letter.png>. United Kingdom. MAUD Committe. Report by MAUD Committee on the Use of Uranium for a Bomb. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. Www.atomicarchive.com. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. United States. Cong. Commitee on Foreign Affairs. Congressional Declaration of War on Japan. By Henry A. Wallace and Samuel T. Rayburn. 77th Cong. Cong. Doc. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d.
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References: 1. ^ Key World Energy Statistics 2012 (PDF). International Energy Agency. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-17. 4. ^ a b "World Nuclear Power Reactors 2007-08 and Uranium Requirements". World Nuclear Association. 2008-06-09. Archived from the original on March 3‚ 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21. 9. ^ a b James J. MacKenzie. Review of The Nuclear Power Controversy by Arthur W. Murphy The Quarterly Review of Biology‚ Vol
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in the dark near uranium were blackened like X-ray plates‚ which had been just recently discovered at the time” (Our-Energy). Energy from a nuclear reactor is created when water is boiled from a uranium rod and the steam then turns a steam turbine or by pressurizing water. “Nuclear power can come from the fission or uranium‚ plutonium or thorium or the fusion of hydrogen into helium. Today it is almost all uranium. The basic energy fact is that the fission of an atom of uranium produces 10 million
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development of the bomb and created plants and factories to work in ("The Atomic Bomb " 257). They created plants for three separate processes: electromagnetic‚ gaseous diffusion‚ and thermal diffusion. These plants helped create the plutonium and uranium 235 needed to manufacture the atomic bomb (Gerdes 142). The secrecy of the Manhattan Project was essential in order to develop the atomic bombs to end World War II. The United States and Great Britain kept the development of the atomic bomb a secret
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of one color following a body ’s exposure to light of another color. In early 1896‚ in the wave of excitement following Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen ’s discovery of X-rays the previous fall‚ Becquerel thought that phosphorescent materials‚ such as some uranium salts‚ might emit penetrating X-ray-like radiation when illuminated by bright sunlight. His first experiments appeared to show this. Describing them to the French Academy of Sciences on 24 February 1896‚ he said: One wraps a Lumière photographic plate
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Good evening Governor‚ today I will discuss an important matter that has recently come to my attention‚ and many others as well. Many of American citizens‚ both civilians and those of various political stances‚ are very ambiguous on the topic of nuclear power. You are planning on building a nuclear power plant in East Pennsboro Township. I think that the idea of this is grand and a fantastic way for us to incorporate different styles and methods of energy in our community. T.M.I. has been safely
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Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere‚ creating the greenhouse effect‚ caused by the increased of Carbon dioxide‚ Chlorofluorocarbons‚ and pollutants that was made by us humans. For centuries‚ the argument of Global warming has been about it being a myth or a fact‚ but scientist today has proved the existent of Global warming and there is no way to stop it. The one and only thing we human can do is to slow Global warming down. Many argues that Nuclear
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Economic Importance of Natural Resources The mineral resources constitute a vast potential wealth of our country and varieties of mineral resources are available in all countries namely; iron‚ manganese‚ mica‚ bauxite‚ gypsum‚ titanium‚ thorium‚ uranium‚ chromium etc.‚. These mineral resources‚ when used‚ in a prudent and judicious manner have the powers to convert a developing country into a developed country. Iron: Iron ore plays a key role in the industrialization of a nation and some developing
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