Uranium-235

Uranium is the element that I chose to write about. Uranium is a element that is a naturally radioactive element that comes in a silverish metal when it’s pure. Uranium quickly oxidizes in air and it can be used to color glass that glows greenish - yellow under a blacklight. Uranium is one of the key ingredients in atomic bombs. Only 1.38% of the uranium in the bomb “Little Boy” detonated over Hiroshima underwent fission and there was 140 pounds of Uranium in total. Uranium is an element that…

Uranium Do you know how nuclear power is made? It all starts with an element on the periodic table called uranium that stands at number ninety-two. It gives off power in a single way, using uranium 235 and 238. Fission is this process of removing protons and electrons from unstable nuclei, converting them to lead. This process gives of anywhere from 1 to 5 MeV (million electron volts). You can even produce more energy by splitting the unstable nuclei even further. This type of power can, with…

how little uranium they need. With the new plants being built they have added safety measures both internal and external so that if something happens that there won’t be leaks of radiation. If something does go bad in a nuclear plant it is nothing like how it is portrayed in the media, these facilities couldn’t possible explode like a bomb. Nuclear waste at the moment is being stored underground to live out its half-life, but currently scientists are finding new ways to use the uranium…

The isotopes that reacts are U-235 and U-238. The nucleus of the isotope U-235 is unstable and reacts easily. If anyone would go to a nuclear power plant, they will see that majority of the uranian there is U-238. The plants use the process of fission, which is the splitting of atoms of uranium in reactors. Uranium atoms start hitting each other which leads to splitting of the atoms. This sparks fission to start and once…

You need to shut down TMI because it continues to pose a serious health risk to the citizens of Pennsylvania. Despite a generally high security standard, accidents can still happen. It is impossible to build a plant with 100% security. There will always be a probability of failure. In the event that a meltdown does occur the The consequences would be absolutely devastating for all kinds of life. As you already know TMI has already had a incident. TMI had a partial meltdown which occurred March…

Nuclear power plants contain fuel rods crafted from uranium. After the small quantity of uranium is used for the reactor, the fuel rods fulfilled its purpose and cannot be used anymore. Consequently, they have to be disposed of. However, that’s the problem. Fuel rods only are deprived of small amounts of uranium and still are highly radioactive//toxicity at this point. Their radioactivity/toxicity will subside in a very lengthy amount…

Uranium is a very heavy metal, which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. The problem is that why do we think nuclear power is good? And why not use wood or coal or something other that nuclear power. Science has identified this issue when they monitored how much resources we use and we have to understand how we won’t run out of resources. This issue affects us because one day we will run out of resources such as coal gas or oil and it will lead to a difficult like which…

History and Controversy of Nuclear Power The creation of nuclear energy has changed the world but, it has affected someone people a little bit closer. Lindsey Schiller, a registered nurse, and her husband and two children have been living next to a nuclear power plant almost a decade now. Currently neighboring the Limerick Generating Station nuclear energy facility in Pottstown, Schiller jokingly states “We kid around when we get really big flowers ... we 're under the power plant, and I kid…

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…

Nuclear energy is the energy released during nuclear fission or fusion. Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy. Nuclear fusion on the contrary is the exact opposite; it gathers energy from the heavy nucleus combining with the shot particle. These two combined produce a lot of energy that is used all over the world on a daily basis. Nuclear power has proved to serve a huge part of our…