Plutonium

Nuclear radiation effects ERT term 4 With the depletion of fossil fuels and their harmful carbon dioxide emission, nuclear power is an increasing energy source. World-wide around 11.5% of energy is nuclear and in countries like France it’s 76.9% of their power source. With nuclear power being a renewable and relatively clean source of energy, nuclear power plants are being built all over the world. But despite the environmentally friendly aspects of nuclear power, when nuclear waste is not…

After taking the dogs home, Tulla and Rex walked to the Blue District and rode an ascending elevator car to Level 26: Waterworks & Mech 2. This was the same stop Rex had taken when he tried to get to the Tesla Lab the first time. After a short distance, the hallway branched in two directions, like a turkey wishbone. Approaching the divergence, Rex saw a knife and spoon attached to the wall's corner and a fork embedded in the floor … _a fork in the road_ … a literal pun he'd missed while…

Nuclear Energy Nuclear Energy Nuclear Power Plants: Nuclear Power Plants are facilities which generate electricity through the use of nuclear reactions. It is referred to as a thermal power station because it creates a nuclear reaction, in which a lot of heat and energy is created. Due to the production of heat, the plan creates a lot of steam which is used like in coal or gas-fired power stations to drive turbine generators to generate electricity. Nuclear Reactions The are two nuclear…

Voyager 1 Introduction Space exploration is complex. Scientists study the space in steps. Each step presents new discoveries, which make the scientists to rethink and restructure their exploration program. It is because of this that space exploration is full of historical programs, which have been in use to explore the universe up to a certain level. Each space exploration program is identified with specific equipment it used in its era. Development of these equipments uses the best available…

On March 11, 2011, a disaster took place in Fukushima, Japan. A magnitude of 9.0, an earthquake struck Tohoku, which resulted in a Tsunami. Due to a chain of disasters on this day, the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima had a malfunction. This is not the first time something like this so drastic happened in Japan. Chernobyl, the disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Although, Fukushima following the Chernobyl disaster was not as deadly, it not only affected people…

Nuclear weapons cause mass destruction, so why would they make the world a safer place? When a nuclear weapon is detonated the land around the explosion becomes unliveable due to radiation, not to mention all the buildings it demolishes. The following report will cover the creation of the bombs, their effects, who has them, if the technology is safe and if they should have ever been used. All of these topics have been researched using multiple different sources and websites to prove how accurate…

the United States, the nuclear waste is just stored somewhere safe, but the rest of the world reuses the waste to filter out the 3% of radioactive remains and place them in glass for permanent and safe storage. The left over 97%, which is mostly plutonium and uranium, is recycled into fuel to create more energy. The amount of waste is extremely small; if you took the all the waste the average French family uses over a lifetime, it would be the size of a golf ball. Additionally, the waste is…

There are 3 different types of energy used by the United States, there is solar, nuclear and wind. These types of energy are different from one another, with their own pros and cons.Nuclear power makes over 20 percent of the United States energy producer. Nuclear energy is when clean energy resource. Nuclear energy originates from the splitting of uranium atoms a process called fission. This generates heat to produce steam, which is used by a turbine generator to generate electricity. Some of…

On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese would stage a surprise attack on the United States in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was the site of the United States Navy’s Pacific base. Under the command of Japan a number of forces would be sent out in order to destroy American naval and air presence in the Pacific to render the United States incapable of stopping Japanese expansion. The results of this attack would be devastating, causing 2, 500 people to be killed and the United States battlefleet to…

North Korea “Mysterious. Terrifying. North Korea is the most isolated country on earth... ‘the Dear Leader’, rules as a god-king. He controls the world’s fourth largest army and plutonium for nuclear weapons.” (National…) North Korea is an enigma; for outsiders, it is difficult to understand North Korea. However, after one takes a deeper look, one will see that there are many reasons for North Korea’s erratic behaviour. Since it was discovered, Korea has been a destination for the world’s most…