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    careful. Nuclear power is produced all over the U.S. The USA produces the most nuclear power in the world. They produced 798 billion kWh in 2014. They have about 100 power plants. Fusion is one way reactors make energy. Fusion is joining two uranium atoms together. To fuse it must be 100 million degrees celsius, or 180,000,032 degrees fahrenheit. After they are fused they get absorbed in a blanket of lithium, and then the lithium is transformed into tritium. Fusing makes zero pollutants,…

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    The Sun is an enormous, extraterrestrial body that is many times larger than Earth. Many scientists have referred to it as a massive nuclear reactor that burns numerous amounts of hydrogen; and just like an actual nuclear reactor, hydrogen is the essential fuel in nuclear fusion reactions. The hydrogen in these fusion reactions fuse together to form beryllium, helium, and lithium atoms. “The temperature on the surface of the Sun is approximately six thousand degrees Celsius. While at its core,…

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    Tritium Research Paper

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    Nuclear commercial applications would be glowing watches, exit signs, glowing key chains, glowing compasses, rifle sights, and runway markers. Many of these are here today from Tritium illumination. Tritium was predicted in the 1920s by a very smart man named, Walter Russell. Later on, in 1934, Tritium was produced by Ernest Rutherford, who had companions in the production named Mark Oliphant and Paul Harteck. He also needed some help with being able to isolate Tritium, so he also needed help…

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    Fukushima Nuclear Effects

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    radiation is Ultra-Violet Rays( UV Rays). UV Rays come from radiated gases destroying the Ozone (Carbon 24). Plutonium is a very common form of radiation. Plutonium is in nuclear waste, and can be harmful if large amounts are absorbed in our bodies. Uranium is another waste product. It is less harmful than Plutonium (Carbon 52). Radiation is everywhere. Nuclear waste is one of the biggest nuclear problems. High Level Waste (HLW) must be properly disposed. To avoid recognizable damage…

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    and the derogatory results are immense. First of all, it puts some limits on Iran’s Nuclear Programs but allows them to continue to enrich uranium. The Iran agreement claims that it is a great victory that Iran would have to reduce their stockpile of uranium by 98 percent but they can sell this enriched uranium to their neighbors and receive natural uranium in return which can be enriched to higher levels in a short time which solves nothing. Iran can also continue to develop advanced…

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    No, nuclear power should not be considered as a source of energy but, what is done is done. Nuclear power will be considered as a source of energy and nothing can turn back time. One of the reasons nuclear power absolutely should not be an option is because all things need to be experimented with, modified, changed, redone for something to work properly. At times those things you thought would work do not and those things fail horribly. After all the math done, you still don’t know what will…

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    Powder Coating Research

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    Powder coating is the process you use to apply a coating without using solvents. This is the newest coating technique in the industry right now. You usually apply this type of coating to create a hard finish on metals and because it allows you flexibility to apply on a different layers of thickness. You would see this finishing in materials such as aluminum, medium density fiberboards, fusion-bonded epoxy and acrylics, usually on automobile finishing. To produce the powdered finishing, polymer…

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    Nuclear energy has impacted many aspects of current technology. Nuclear energy is commonly associated with nuclear missiles and bombs, however, another common use of nuclear energy is in submarines. Submarines are key features in any navy force. There are currently two hundred nuclear reactors at sea, while over seven hundred have been used since the 1950s ("Nuclear-Powered Ships." World Nuclear Association). The design of nuclear reactors in submarines is extremely complex, but decades of…

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    Nuclear power us one of the biggest and best power sources known today. Nuclear fusion and fission makes a lot of excess usable energy. It produces a lot more energy than wind, solar, coal, or fossil fuels do, and they actually are better for the environment than coal or fossil fuels, producing helium rather than carbon monoxide.In short, nuclear power is a good idea because we can take care of the nuclear waste, the reactors have better safety measures and protocols than normal factories, is…

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    are power plants that use Uranium 235 that undergo fission, to release the energy inside the nucleus of an atom. Fission is the process of separating the nucleus of an atom. Once one atom is split, it creates a chain reaction that makes most of the other atoms split. This makes the Uranium…

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