Uranium

controversial power source, though seemingly efficient, is still considered a non renewable resource, meaning the energy is “derived from sources that exist in limited quantities.” Nuclear energy is nonrenewable because nuclear fission and fusion rely on uranium, “an element that exists in limited amounts.” There are many pros and cons to nuclear energy, which is why it is highly disputed as to whether it is an efficient resource. One negative attribute, is its instability. Over the years,…

The uranium around the world mostly lie under land controlled by tribes or indigenous people who don’t support it being mined from the earth. Mostly if they release waste then it will last up to 200-500 years before it actually goes away. This can be very bad…

gamma particles (γ) are the most known types of radioactive decay despite the fact that there are some more. Alpha decay, α, composes of two neutrons and two protons making alpha particles similar the nucleus of helium. Large components, for example, uranium, radium, and thorium have a greater number of neutrons than they have protons which aids alpha decay to happen. At the point when another atom is made the mass number decreases by four and its atomic number by two after the core discharges…

makes up about 20% of the United States Electricity. Nuclear power wasn’t used until 1953. The idea came from World War II which used nuclear fission. Nuclear power is made by water being heated to create steam and that creates the power to split uranium atoms also using nuclear fission. Nuclear power has its advantages and also has it disadvantages but one in particular is dangerous. In March 2011 tragic struck Japan when a few reactors had become unstable and exploded. This being a big problem…

Nuclear chemistry is unsafe and because the drawbacks outweigh the benefits, it should not be used in modern day technology and science. With its ability to remain for hundreds to thousands of years, and with no safe place to store it, it sucks up space and money. Additionally, the transplant of nuclear waste can be a mark for terrorism, making it even more unsafe. Nuclear, radioactive, radiation, nuclear waste; what do these words bring to mind? Most would think of a superhero, or a deformed…

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Nuclear Power Plant Accident Figure 2. Schematic diagram of Chernobyl Power Complex (RBMK-100) RBMK-100 was a boiling light water reactor (BWR) and designed by Soviet Union. It has built graphite moderated pressure tubes and used slightly enriched uranium dioxide fuel (2% U-235). There was no intervening heat exchanger and two loops feeding steam were directly collected to the turbines. Water acted as coolant and condensed as steam afterwards to drive the turbines. For routine maintenance,…

Introduction “The Radioactive Boy Scout is about David Hahn who has a love for science. David starts out working on his boy scout badge, but soon turns to nuclear energy. He soon starts on a new project; building a nuclear breeder reactor. Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U. S. Government and from industry experts. He spent a lot his time in the garden shed putting things together to help him with his inventions. Key Idea 1 David's parents…

atom has emitted an alpha, or beta radiation it nucleus would change and become an nucleus of an different element. This would be because the number of protons in the nucleus would determine which element belongs to which one. An example would be Uranium-230 nuclei emit…

Another example of a radioactive contamination can be found in the human-made product Americium (Am). This radioactive material is the unstable result of nuclear production and testing of uranium and plutonium. Impacts of Americium on the human body allows this material's low-energy gamma rays to be used in some cancer treatments while the alpha radiation emitted minimally effects the contaminated host (Wanless, A., 2011). Americium can be useful to humans, despite its radioactive state as it…