Nuclear Chemistry

General Information

International Atomic Energy Agency

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How Do Nuclear Reactors Work?

Another Look: How Nuclear Reactor's Work

Nuclear Power in America: How It Works, Pros, Cons, Impact

Science Keeps Radiation In It's Place

Nuclear Power Plants

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY SYSTEMS - PART 1: INTRODUCTION

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY SYSTEMS - PART 2: CONTROLLING THE REACTOR

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY SYSTEMS - PART 3: COOLING THE FUEL

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY SYSTEMS - PART 4: CONTAINING RADIATION

Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Burlington Kansas

Wolf Creek Plant Website

Kansas Sampler

Hackers targeting Wolf Creek and other nuclear power plantsThe attacks were noted in a joint report issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, the New York Times reports.

Nuclear Accidents

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), an accident is any unintended event, including operating errors, equipment failures or other mishaps, the consequences or potential consequences of which are not negligible from the point of view of protection or safety. Source: IAEA (Retrieved Jan. 9, 2015).

Chernobyl

Fukushima

Three Mile Island

Medical Information

CDC Radiation Emergencies

Detecting Radiation

Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Radiation Sickness

Radioactive Waste

Vocabulary

Alpha DecayHow and why alpha decay occurs, its dangers and how to write a balanced nuclear equation for alpha decay.

Chain reaction | chemistryChain reaction: Chain reaction,, in chemistry and physics, process yielding products that initiate further processes of the same kind, a self-sustaining sequence. Examples from chemistry are

Nuclear Fission

Beta DecayHow and why beta decay occurs, its dangers, beta-minus and beta-plus decay and how to write a balanced nuclear equation for beta decay.

Half-life | radioactivityHalf-life: Half-life,, in radioactivity, the interval of time required for one-half of the atomic nuclei of a radioactive sample to decay (change spontaneously into other nuclear

Radioactivity

The property possessed by some elements (such as uranium) or isotopes (such as carbon 14) of spontaneously emitting energetic particles (such as electrons or alpha particles) by the disintegration of their atomic nuclei; also : the rays emitted (Definition from Merriam/Webster)

Radioisotope

A radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc. (From Dictionary.com)

Strong Nuclear Force

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