Radioactivity

absorbs heat, swells to a fireball with a fifty-foot radius and a temperature of three hundred thousand degrees Celsius), shockwave and air blast (fifty percent of total energy) and radioactivity [initial radiation and induced radiation] (atomicbombmuseum.org). Of the three the most deadly over time is the radioactivity. The black rain was the product of two hundred different kinds of radioactive isotopes, which rose into the atmosphere, mixed carbon residue and falling as dark water [caused…

Atoms are units that compose everything from the cosmos and beyond. The nucleus of each of these particles is known as nuclear energy. Nuclear energy can be used to generate electricity as it must go through the process of nuclear fission. Power plants, also known as nuclear reactors, are machines that control nuclear fission and produce electricity. In Europe, there are around 185 power plants used, whereas the United States only uses about 99 power plants. Considering it has limited usage in…

plants are being built for good use it may not be good for the environment and for our health. Nuclear power plants can do more damage than good. Nuclear power plants are different from other power plants because they can release high amount of radioactivity. There had been a couple of serious accident that had happened which helped…

bombs against Japan to end World War II. What is an atomic bomb? Well, an atomic bomb is a bomb that derives its destructive power from a rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity. In 1938, German scientists Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission. (iaea.org) Nuclear fission is when “the nucleus of an atom splits in two equal fragments, which…

who was interested in bubbles. Surprisingly, Glaser won a Noble Prize at the age of Thirty-three after he switched his research from bubbles in beer to bubbles in liquid nitrogen (N2). Kean also mentions Ernest Rutherford, who was interested in radioactivity. Rutherford mimic Marie Curie’s experiment on finding radio-active elements but added his own taste to it, thus discovering new elements. This granted him his Nobel Prize in 1908. In the eighteenth chapter, Kean talks about the people…

Chernobyl and Fukushima: Two of the biggest nuclear disasters in history. When thinking about nuclear safety, the issue of a potential meltdown will always follow nuclear energy. A nuclear meltdown occurs when the nuclear reactor is unable to be cooled down and hot melted radioactive fuel can spill and be released outside the plant. The main opposition against nuclear energy lies in the danger of a meltdown. Admittedly, these disasters have caused devastating damage. In an article about the…

When a neutron is absorbed by isotope of X-- given that X is some given element-- another isotope of X is created. Though sometimes these newly-created isotopes of X are very unstable. They may be so unstable, in fact, that they only exist briefly before splitting into two separate and distinct chemicals. Radioactive photons, massive energy, and neutrons are shot out in the surrounding area. As long as more Isotopes of X still exist in the area, this can, in turn, create a grand chain reaction…

most of these buildings suffered extensive damage from interior fires, had their windows, doors and partitions knocked out, and all other fixtures, which were not integral parts of the reinforced concrete frame burned or blown away; the casualties in such buildings near the center of explosion were almost 100%. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T It had more than two thousand times the impact force of the British Grand Slam, which is the biggest bomb ever yet utilized as a part of…

1. Introduction Most nuclear power plants/reactors work in quite a similar way. The power/energy released by the reaction of continuous fission of the atoms (this process is call nuclear fission) from the fuel (this is achieved by using radioactive elements) is use create heat for liquid to turn into steam. This steam is then used to drive the turbines in the power plant, which produce electricity. (World Nuclear Association, 2015) The nuclear power plants on average now have about 33%…

Illinois, Indiana, West Virgina, Mary Land, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. All of these states have Above 4.0 pCi/L which stands for picocuries per liter it is a unit for measuring radioactivity. The curie unit is the activity of…