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
It was during the Second World War that the United States became a world power, thanks in a large part to its monopoly on atomic weapons. The atomic bomb is a weapon with great explosive power that results form the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission of the nuclei of such heavy … Read more
Radioactive wastes, must for the protection of mankind be stored or disposed in such a manner that isolation from the biosphere is assured until they have decayed to innocuous levels. If this is not done, the world could face severe physical problems to living species living on this planet. Some atoms can disintegrate spontaneously. As … Read more
Throughout the world, energy sources are being depleted, and the search for new ways of creating power is intensifying. Nuclear power has been introduced, but has been met mostly with fear in the United States. “The introduction of new technology has always created fear and apprehension among users and observers. Electricity and natural gas … Read more
