Ranger Uranium Mine

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…

also there are occupational deaths as well. It’s especially high in China, where three-fourths of electricity is generated by the burning of coal; and mining accidents kill about 6,000 people a year in China. Also, other occupational deaths by coal mines, oil rigs, and other power plants are counted but don’t come close to the deaths caused by emissions (Brown para.…

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,…

Only 1.38% of Little boy actually exploded, the spent fuel of the explosion was only .7 grams. That is only 8.75x10^-6 grams per person, uranium was valuable. All prior nuclear research lead up to that moment, the moment when the trilogy suceded. From there the United States began offering great incentives into the nuclear power industries. They needed more uranium, they needed more ‘power’. It has been roughly 53 years (as of March 10th 2015) since the last nuclear weapon test by the United…

– equation (2 gives info on location of electron in terms of probability density - wave functions are called orbitals – [pic], where E is energy, e2 is electric potential, r is orbital radius and h is Planck’s constant 1925 Wolfgang Pauli – each orbital has only 2 electrons is now explained due to direction of spin of electrons. Spinning electrons create magnetic field. Only 2 electrons of opposite spin in an orbital referred to as Pauli exclusion principle Hund’s rule – half fill…

is its low waste. A single gram of uranium provides as much energy as a ton of coal or oil. Respectively, nuclear waste is around a million time less than the waste from fossil fuels. In Sweden and 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…