Ranger Uranium Mine

Gargamelle Bubble Chamber Do you wonder what a huge tank of 12,000 liters of liquid hydrogen could be used for? The Gargamelle Bubble Chamber is a large, cylinder shaped tank/chamber. It was full of pressurised liquid hydrogen. The camber was used to detect charged particles. The chamber needed many things to work, it detected bubble paths , and it took pictures to gather evidence of charges. The chamber worked by using neutrons, particles, charged plates, cameras, and liquid hydrogen. The…

Rahul Das Mrs.Miller ELA 7th Grade 1 March 2016 Many years people have been mining 370 meters under the earth to find uranium and make nuclear energy, and the after result is nuclear waste. Nuclear waste is a problem we had for decades. The 3 Mile Island is one of the biggest nuclear problem we, and yet barely any of the nuclear waste got out it caused a huge amount of damage to the environment. Not everybody will agree that nuclear waste can be used for good because nuclear waste did take…

Stars have been mystery for quite a while in history, but Bethe's work made certain conclusions about the nuclear reactions that are possible in star, and how much energy comes from these reactions. The main goal is to measure which reactions are favored to accurately predict how stars emit energy. Also it must be proven that heavy elements are not likely to be formed by calculating probabilities of Nuclear reaction based on favored energy. The most favorable reactions in stars include the…

Natalie Caparelli Mrs.Stanton October 5, 2015 Is Nuclear Chemistry Worth The Risk? Pros and Cons of Nuclear Chemistry in Medicine Nuclear chemistry, along with its advantages, has many cons such as extended decay periods, emission of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, and negative side effects from its many medical uses. Radioactive particles vary in strength, alpha particles, for example, are able to pass through sheet of paper. On the other hand, gamma rays are about to pass through…

My initial thoughts on this passage was that, overall it clarified the “ they say I say” right to the point. Muller began with statistics about Nuclear Wast. He explained the half life and how long it would take for it to completely decompose. Evidence was provided which supported his response. In other words Manet to much statistics was provided. With the introduction being filled, it bores me as a reader. Mullers idea was valid because A idea is like a opinion. “Nuclear waste” was based on…

Once the suicide bomber(s) pulled the pin on the device, in a spilt second after the two masses collide creating an uncontrolled chain reaction as the masses once together become a supercritical mass, the explosion releases energy in the form of a blast wave, thermal radiation, and nuclear radiation. A tremendous amount of energy released in a nuclear detonation, temper­atures of tens of millions of degrees develop in the immediate area. At these temperatures, everything near ground-zero…

chemistry applied to creating such doomsday devices is enormous. The chemistry behind the creation of nuclear bomb all started with a discovery in 1934. This discovery was made by the Italian- American physicist Enrico Fermi. He experimented with uranium, and quickly found…

A nuclear power plant uses Nuclear Fission to create energy. Nuclear fission occurs when a neutron passes by a heavy nucleus such as Uranium-235, the nucleus may capture the neutron which may or may not cause nuclear fission. If the reactor used is U-235 when a neutron is captured the energy is spread out through the 236 nucleons (both protons and neutrons) that are currently present in the nucleus. This nucleus is likely to break up into two fragments due to its instability. These fragments are…

Half-life Carbon dating is used to find the age of fossils, the earth, and rocks. 14C is an unstable isotope that causes radioactive decay. Because 14C causes radioactive decay, it is used in finding the age of organic matter, or the process of Carbon dating. Radioactive decay occurs when one element changes into another element as it decays. As 14C decays, it turns into 14N, an isotope of Nitrogen. Using the original amount of carbon in the organic material, and the half-life of carbon, 5,730…

discussion whether it should stay open or go closed. I think it should stay open because there are way more benefits than negatives. Three Mile Island Is a nuclear power plant just outside of Harrisburg and powers many people's homes. It runs on uranium pellets which are highly radioactive. They are put into a chamber where their atoms are broken to create heat. The heat then turns water into steam and the steam spins a turbine. The turbine actives the generator which generates the…