Plutonium

Discussion Question 4: Schweikart and Allen described U.S participation in World War II as reluctant, but once engaged in fighting, they became a powerful force. Zinn agreed, but also felt as though there were selfish, imperial intentions. Though described as warring with Hitler as a last resort, Roosevelt felt as though the United States’ interests and security were threatened, and therefore they entered the war. On December 7, 1941 the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred, shocking the…

"two stage" device and had a yield of 10.4 megatons. The primary stage was a TX-5 fission bomb, the secondary stage consisted of liquid deuterium fusion fuel stored in a cylindrical Dewar (thermos) flask. Running down the center of the Dewar was a plutonium "spark plug" rod to ignite the fusion reaction. The Dewar was surrounded by a natural uranium pusher/tamper weighing more than 5 metric tons. The entire assembly was housed in an enormous steel casing, 80 inches wide and 244 inches long,…

In the late 1800’s, Julius Chambers checked herself into a mental asylum undercover as a mental patient and began composing one of the first forms of muckraker journalism, which exposed the abuse inmates were subjected to within these asylums. After Julius Chambers infamous account of the asylums, muckraker journalism spread like wildfire, leading to exposed political corruption and social scandals. Since the muckraker movement, news has become exceedingly relevant in people’s lives to get…

August 6th, 1945 through the ninth 2 atomic bombs fell in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing half the people in the first day and the others died of radiation poisoning, while in the end it did end the war it promoted the idea of killing on a massive scale. The Cold War has popularized the use of using nuclear weapons as a deterrent which creates lots of tension between countries; if one country, shoots a nuke at another, then the other country will fire back, and this process will repeat until the…

convinced that the use of the nuclear bomb was necessary. In fact, he stated, “Let there be no mistake about it, I ... never had any doubt that it should be used.” (Lacy, 2015, pag. 64). Evidently, if there had been so much research on uranium and plutonium in order to create an atomic reaction that transformed mass into energy, why not experimenting it on the hated Japan. In fact, the bomb had not yet been tested on such large scale, and this could really be a turning point for America in the…

Shayna Boudreaux Mrs. Martinez English IV 1/5/2016 Hiroshima Bombing of August 6, 1945 The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese caused much tension and troubles throughout the early years. For years after this bombing, American scientists planned, built, and made preparations to bomb Hiroshima without warning. There was an attempt by America to try to get Japan to surrender. Hiroshima’s civilization would forever be altered and have devastating memories in its history. The Hiroshima bombing,…

In this essay, there will be numerous topics covered within the main topic: the atomic bombs being dropped in Japan. There were multiple targets, but only two had been picked out in the end: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima had been the first to be bombed, Nagasaki being the second after the Emperor chose not to surrender to the United States until after the bombing. There were hundreds of thousands dead after the bombing, most being the civilians who died on impact. Many people had gone…

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%…

The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a stepping stone for the United States of America, it would change the meaning of war forever. The development of the first Atomic bomb would put America in the lead, surpassing our enemies in World War II. The Project was one of the most secretive projects in the history of The United States and was a turning point in the history of twentieth-century science. This new bomb had the potential of nuclear annihilation and was also one of the most…

complex with a population of 12,500. Figure 1 shows where the Chernobyl power plant is located in the Ukraine. Description of the Meltdown at Chernobyl The four reactors at Chernobyl were pressurized water reactors of RBMK design; they produced both plutonium and electric…