Nuclear safety is very important for many reasons. One being radiation poisoning, which is a risk that Chernobyl showed in 1986, when the reactor failed. Chernobyl was a nuclear power plat which blew one of its reactors on April 26, 1986. The explosion blew radioactive particles all over the Ukraine and the surrounding countries. “Nuclear … Read more
As the environment becomes increasingly worse due to the current energy sources we are using, our society is in desperate need of a new source of energy. Nuclear energy can be the answer to our country’s problems. In 1938, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman conducted an experiment in which they hurdled a neutron at extremely … Read more
The PET scan, or Positron Emission Tomography, was born in 1973 at Washington University. It was created by Edward Hoffman, Michael M. Ter-Pogossian, and Michael E. Phelps; Phelps is most often credited with the invention (History of PET and MRI, 2009). In preparation for a PET scan, radioactive tracers are injected into the body, inhaled, … Read more
Use Of Nuclear Weapons By Thesis: The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary, unsafe, and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal. I. Nuclear weapons have a short, but expansive history. a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science. b) The … Read more
Sam Kean, a physicist who graduated from the University of Minnesota, wrote The Disappearing Spoon a work of nonfiction that tackles and explains the mysteries of the periodic table, its history, its changes, its breakthroughs, and its contributions on mankind. Chapter 6 or Completing the Table… with a Bang deals with the revolutionary findings of … Read more
