Enriched uranium

makes up about 20% of the United States Electricity. Nuclear power wasn’t used until 1953. The idea came from World War II which used nuclear fission. Nuclear power is made by water being heated to create steam and that creates the power to split uranium atoms also using nuclear fission. Nuclear power has its advantages and also has it disadvantages but one in particular is dangerous. In March 2011 tragic struck Japan when a few reactors had become unstable and exploded. This being a big problem…

When to world witnessed the atomic bomb, it was in fear and awe! The amount of destruction it caused was unparalleled by anything in its time; and still is the most powerful weapon mankind has ever came to conceive. With one fell swoop it ended the Second World War. But in that blood lust, came its opposite; in that same power came fusion, and thus, nuclear power! Nuclear power can be the solution power crisis that will face humanity in the next twenty or so years. The one problem with it, is…

Lise Meitner was conceived on November 7, 1878, in Vienna, Austria. She is the third of eight offspring of a Jewish family. She had entered the University of Vienna in 1901, learning under the wings of Ludwig Boltzmann. After she earned her doctorate degree in 1906, she went to Berlin in 1907 to train with Max Planck and the scientific expert Otto Hahn. She worked alongside Hahn for a long time. Lise became the first woman to be the head of the physics department in Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm…

On August 6th, 1945, two pieces of uranium were slammed together 600 meters above Hiroshima, initiating an explosive chain reaction. People near ground zero were instantly vaporized. Simultaneously, a huge cloud of dust and sand was thrown up in the air, which was described by survivors as: “the air turned dark and filled with a yellow cloud like poison gas” (Sheinkin, 357), This was all caused by the most famous - or for that matter infamous - weapon in the world - the atom bomb. The atom bomb…

though this plan may work in theory, we must take a broader perspective on this absurd idea. In the article, Wald also points out that the team in New Mexico has already been experiencing multiple major drawbacks. During construction, a truck carrying uranium, a very dangerous substance, had caught fire. As a result, the truck emitted large amounts of smoke and dangerous chemicals into the site, resulting in a complete evacuation of all personnel and effectively halting all mining operations…

The experiment investigates a GM tube and a GM counter and the relationships of radiation. The experiment uses a GM tube to detect radiation coming from a source. This is done by the decay particle ionizing and causing the charge to build up in the tube, which is discharged and the discharge is counted by the counter and added to a display. The GM tube must be calibrated at the best voltage so that the count rate is independent of the voltage. A test was done to find this value by changing the…

cells of uranium in a process called fission. Fission is splitting cells of atoms to create energy, this energy is important and useful because it helps power our homes and businesses. By powering our homes it helps us to do the simplest of tasks, such as; turn on the light, cook our dinner, and even charge our cellular devices. Another use if for nuclear weapons, by building and using nuclear weapons we as a country can help protect ourselves and others. Nuclear uses uranium (the isotope…

on earth and should no longer be used. Power plants are terrorist targets, they have the chance of melting down and the reactors can crack. One reason why nuclear power plants are dangerous is because of the possibility of a melt down. When uranium, the energy source in nuclear power plants, gets too hot in can melt. In addition, large hydrogen bubbles can also form in the core of reactors. If they come in contact with oxygen, it can explode also causing a meltdown. In March of 1979, the…

Is Nuclear Energy safer to use than Coal Energy? Human beings use energy almost every day, everywhere, and at every time. This counts as one of the biggest necessities of life; we use to power our homes, towns, and cities. In order to create energy, a substance needs to be used to start the generation of energy, some of these resources include coal, water, etc. But one of the most overlooked energy producers tops the charts in safety and consistency is nuclear energy. When many humans hear…

On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Today, these events are known as the end of World War II, and also the only time that the military used nuclear bombs in wartime. The bombs not only impacted world history, but also caused the American public to feel uncertainty regarding the implications of nuclear physics and radiation and how using this scientific knowledge impacts daily life. In 1937,…