Nuclear meltdown

Nuclear Power Nuclear power is a very controversial topic. While there are clear benefits to this type of energy, there have been devastating incidents with very high death rates. Radiation, a by-product of nuclear power, is a very dangerous side-effect that comes along with nuclear power. Though it is used in many positive ways, such as in health procedures, it is harmful to human tissue. The consequences of using nuclear power need to be thoroughly examined before a decision is made. The…

A nuclear power plant uses Nuclear Fission to create energy. Nuclear fission occurs when a neutron passes by a heavy nucleus such as Uranium-235, the nucleus may capture the neutron which may or may not cause nuclear fission. If the reactor used is U-235 when a neutron is captured the energy is spread out through the 236 nucleons (both protons and neutrons) that are currently present in the nucleus. This nucleus is likely to break up into two fragments due to its instability. These fragments are…

When the nuclear fusion was created in 1934 by Physicist Enrico Fermi, it opened a new door to the universe that has become very significant within our modern society (History of Nuclear Energy). Nuclear fusion led to the findings of nuclear energy used today to power our electricity. The state with the most amount of nuclear energy used is within the Mississippi and the large production of nuclear energy within Mississippi is very harmful towards the surroundings and the ecosystem around…

Nuclear power can have very damaging effects to people and to the environment. However, in order to keep funding this alternate source of energy, what needs to be changed? Nuclear energy has a very high potential to generate massive amounts of power that can be provided to communities. It generates so much energy, that sometimes these community power plants can have dangerous meltdowns. These meltdowns, can cause catastrophic malfunctions damage to people and the environment. Aside from the…

Americans, and the rest of the world, should switch to nuclear power because it produces great amounts of energy with little to no waste, is constantly available and reusable, and nuclear energy is safe. Nuclear energy provides great amounts of energy with very little amounts of nuclear material. In the documentary “Pandora’s Promise” Leonard Koch(died on the fifteenth of may in 2015) said that “one pound of uranium, which is about the size of my fingertip, would produce the same amount of…

Fukushima Nuclear Energy Power Plant Incident Jeff Schinmann Red Lodge Highschool 4/18/16 On Friday March, 11 2011 2:46 PM Japan was hit a by a huge earthquake lasting several minutes which had a magnitude of 9. The earthquake of coarse caused alot of damage but the earthquake also caused a huge tsunami which then hit Japan causing even more damage then the earthquake did. This killed thousands of people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of buildings. The nuclear power plants…

“Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar spent on making the world a comparatively dirtier and a more dangerous place, because nuclear power and nuclear weapons go hand in hand.” -Mark Z. Jacobson. The effects of radiation are severe to the body and the environment. Nuclear power plants are dangerous to all life on earth and should no longer be used. Power plants are terrorist targets, they have the chance of melting down and the…

What is Nuclear energy In the terms of theoretical physics energy is the ability to do work. You apply force and you get displacement. In a more practical world energy is heat, electricity, light etc. Per the theory of thermodynamics; energy is never destroyed it is changes form. I.e. heat/thermal energy converts to mechanical energy to move a car, nuclear energy to electric energy. Two major energy sources that the civilization requires now-a-days are, electricity and heat. Sun, the source of…

Nuclear power has been a means of energy used all around the world. Places like China, Japan, Russia and the United States of America have been using nuclear power since it was discovered to be a safe and useful method. Using nuclear energy has been seen to be a controversial topic as some see it as a dangerous method to power the many homes that use all kinds of energy. I am someone who wants nuclear energy to be able to power my home and the many other homes that are strung around the large…

Nuclear Energy In this report the only form of nuclear energy that will be discussed is sodium cooled Fast Neutron/breeder Reactors (FNR). Nuclear reactors work by the fission of a heavy element, most commonly Uranium-235 (U-235) into two smaller elements through the bombardment of the atom with a neutron. With the fission of the heavier element along with the production of two lighter elements, high energy photons (gamma radiation) and neutrons are also released. The neutron produced causes a…