81. CORDIS: FP6-Euratom: Nuclear Fission And Radiation Protection: Find A Call design feature nuclear fission and Radiation Protection Specific programme European Atomic energy Community (Euratom) Activity area(s) Management http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6-euratom/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=212

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83. Radioactivity nuclear fission power is based on the safe harnessing of this energy. In simple terms, the nuclear energy (basically heat) released is used either directly http://www.niauk.org/printer_10.shtml

Nuclear Energy Introduction This page provides a very brief introduction to radiation, radioactivity and nuclear energy. If you would like more information, then NIA has produced a set of four informative, educational pamphlets - the "Nuclear Energy" series: Energy, Society and the Nuclear Alternative Nuclear Energy Past, Present and Future Nuclear Energy in the Environment Radiation, Health and Nuclear Safety ... back to article

84. Stage 5.12 Technology - Nuclear Energy discuss similarities and differences between nuclear fission and fusion. Syllabus reference 5.6 Additional content nuclear energy P31 http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage4_5/nuclearenergy.html

Nuclear Energy identify that energy and particles may be released from the nuclei of atoms Syllabus reference - 5.6.5: Nuclear energy P31 discuss similarities and differences between nuclear fission and fusion Syllabus reference - 5.6: Additional content: Nuclear energy P31 explain radioactivity in terms of release of particles and energy Syllabus reference - 5.6: Additional content: Nuclear energy P31 discuss the benefits and problems associated with medical and industrial uses of nuclear energy Syllabus reference - 5.12 Technology P39 a student relates the interactions involved in using some common technologies to their underlying scientific principles Syllabus reference - 5.12: Outcome P39 General Background Material Nuclear Science in Society - from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), includes teaching ideas, student activities, and curriculum mapping, site also available on CD-ROM, order through the ANSTO web page http://www.ansto.gov.au/edu/ The ABC's of Nuclear Science - from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

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Mystic Places Strange Artifacts ... Us You are here: world-mysteries.com science mysteries nuclear energy Science Mysteries The Big Bang Nuclear Energy Asteroid Belt Pole Shifting ... Fibonacci in Nature Nuclear Energy Science Mysteries History Nuclear Energy Nuclear Weapons Resources ... Nuclear Explosions-Images Introduction "The discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than did the discovery of matches. We only must do everything in our power to safeguard against its abuse." Albert Einstein One of the most mysterious phenomena in the universe is the conversion of mass into energy. The whole universe is "powered" by this process. The energy radiated by stars, including the Sun, arises from nuclear reactions (called fusion) deep in their interiors. The release of nuclear energy occurs through the fusion of two light hydrogen nuclei into a heavier nucleus of helium. SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Until about 1800, the principal fuel on our planet was wood, its energy originating from solar energy stored in plants during their lifetimes.

86. Nuclear Fission And Energy Around 17% of the world s electricity now comes from nuclear energy. The theoretical basis for fission is the massive energy release which occurs when a http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~ajb/fission.html

Fission and Energy This section deals with the theory and operation of nuclear fission reactors as a practical energy source. Over 30 countries around the world now operate nuclear power stations, and many countries are heavily reliant on nuclear power. Around 17% of the world's electricity now comes from nuclear energy. The World Nuclear Association in London is a good site to start for general information. If your browser can handle PDF files, then I particularly recommend their factsheets The theoretical basis for fission is the massive energy release which occurs when a heavy nucleus divides into two smaller ones. Only a few very heavy nuclei undergo fission spontaneously, while others can be encouraged to undergo fission by the addition of energy when a neutron is absorbed. Such fissile materials (as they are known) include U and Pu. During the fission process, a number of neutrons are released, and if these go on to induce new fission events, a chain reaction results. The use of a controlled chain reaction is the basis for all nuclear power stations.

87. Nuclear Fission: Time To Put Away The Shades? -- , 2002-01-04, UNITED STATES -- Maybe, just maybe, nuclear fission wasn t the flash in the pan it seemed to be. The bottom line The job market for nuclear energy scientists is strong. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2002/01/03/1

BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Even as the industry struggles for survival, scientists and engineers who make it through the nation's few remaining nuclear energy programs have very good job prospects. Nuclear Fission: Time to Put Away the Shades? BY JIM AUSTIN UNITED STATES 4 JANUARY, 2002 I study nuclear science, I love my classes I got a crazy teacher, he wears dark glasses Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm doing all right, getting good grades The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades. Timbuk 3, Greetings From Timbuk 3 In the 20 years since one-hit wonder Timbuk 3 made nuclear science the pop cliché for career promise, the nuclear power industry has fallen on hard times. Many older plants have proved unprofitable, and some are being decommissioned at considerable expense, leaving in their wake contaminated buildings and piles of spent fuel all lit up with no place to go. Nuclear engineering degree programs have also floundered: Roughly half the programs in the United States disappeared during the 1990s, and enrollments have sagged in the few that are still around. During the last decade of the 20th century, research on nuclear power systems virtually ceased. It would seem to be a lousy time to embark on a career in nuclear science and engineering. But not so fast. Maybe, just maybe, nuclear fission wasn't the flash in the pan it seemed to be. Even as the industry as a whole seemed to be teetering on the brink, existing nuclear plants were thriving. U.S. plants operated at 80% capacity during the 1990s, up from 65% the previous decade. And just last year the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), home of the nation's first and best graduate nuclear engineering program, started a brand-new research center, the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES). Meanwhile, nuclear engineering enrollments are creeping up nationwide. Last year's 1st-year enrollment in Purdue University's program was up by 40% over the previous year.

88. Nuclear Fission Links THE energy STORY nuclear energy fission and Fusion. MSN Encarta - nuclear energy Covers the creation of nuclear fuels, the disposal of wastes, http://www.nacworldwide.com/Links/Nuclear-Fission.htm

NAC Worldwide Consulting Offices Washington Atlanta New York London Moscow Tokyo a division of Nuclear Fission Links DOE Preprint Network, Fission and Nuclear Technologies Searchable gateway to preprint servers at U.S. Department of Energy. Meitner, Lise - Fission Dedication to Meitner's life and work offers a biography, a career overview, and an explanation of nuclear fission. Nuclear Energy Guide Learn the beginning concepts of nuclear energy including nuclear fission, accidents, power and both sides of the nuclear argument. (quicktime plug-in) How Stuff Works - How Nuclear Power Works Gives a non-technical explanation of nuclear reactors and nuclear fission. Offers diagrams and photos of nuclear power plants. Lise Meitner Lise Meitner(1878-1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist, who first identified nuclear fission. Despite of her great contribution to the science she was not awarded a Nobel Prize. The Atomkeller-Museum at Haigerloch Haigerloch was the location of the German Atomkeller, lab for the study of nuclear fission during World War II. This page has photos, plans, sound recordings of interviews and outlines the history of the lab and the experiments done there.

89. FPL | Nuclear Power Serves You nuclear power has played an important role in FPL s energy mix for nearly Tiny parts of the uranium, known as atoms, are made to split, or fission. http://www.fpl.com/about/nuclear/contents/nuclear_power_serves_you.shtml

Home Page Contact Us Log In/Log Out FAQs ... A Job ABOUT US Search For Your Home For Your Business Storm Center Safety ... Family of Sites Nuclear Power Serves You About our plants Need for nuclear power How nuclear power plants work Environmental stewardship Nuclear power has played an important role in FPL's energy mix for nearly three decades and provides a safe, clean and reliable source of electricity. Nuclear energy offers many benefits. It provides about 25 percent of the electricity for our Florida customers and is an important part of our energy mix in the competitive wholesale market in the northeastern United States is clean with virtually no emissions, which helps keep the air clean, preserve the Earth's climate, avoid ground-level ozone formation and prevent acid rain, and is efficient and cost-effective because of stable fuel prices, high plant performance, modernized plants, and renewal of plant licenses. About our plants FPL Group operates three nuclear power plants at St. Lucie , near Ft. Pierce, Fla., Turkey Point , south of Miami, Fla., and

90. Chapter 10. 14.a. nuclear Reactions 14.b. fission 14.c. Fusion nuclear reaction are governed by conservation laws energymomentum, nucleon number (A), http://physuna.phs.uc.edu/suranyi/Modern_physics/Lecture_Notes/modern_physics14.

Modern Physics Link to return to Modern Physics front page 14. Nuclear Energy Links to specific sections in the text: 14.a. Nuclear Reactions 14.b. Fission 14.c. Fusion 14.a. Nuclear Reactions A nuclear reaction is induced by the bombardment of nuclei with a particle beam. The schematics of such a reaction are where X and Y are nuclei, a is the incoming particle and b is an outgoing particle. These reactions are also written sometimes as X(a,b)Y. An example is C(p,n) N. Nuclear reaction are governed by conservation laws: Energy-momentum, nucleon number (A), and charge (Q). The incoming particle carries kinetic energy K a . The outgoing nucleus and particle also carry kinetic energies K Y and K b . The target nucleus, X, is supposed to be at rest. So the energy balance of the reaction is K a + c ( M X + M a ) = K b + K Y + c ( M Y + M b The energy produced in the reaction is Q = K b + K Y - K a a at which the reaction occurs), which is larger than the mass energy difference c ( M Y + M b - M X - M a ), because of momentum conservation. Nuclear Cross Sections.

91. Alternative Nuclear Power The energy released in nuclear fission comes in several forms, including the electromagnetic wave energy of gamma radiation and the kinetic energy of the http://www.worldandi.com/public/2001/April/nuclear.html

Username: Password: Subscribe Now Register About Us Contact Us ... FAQs Search Sort by: Relevancy Date Results Listed: All Results Date Range: Last 5 Years Last 10 Years Entire Database Advanced Search September Issue Editorial Current Issue The Arts Life ... Modern Thought Resources 17-Year Archive American Waves Book Reviews Ceremonies/Festivities ... Click for Linked Academic Supplement Alternative Nuclear Power Rod Adams Advances in South Africa and the Netherlands suggest that small-scale fission machines could become safe, reliable, and inexpensive sources of electricity and heat for ships, factories, and perhaps single-family homes. rews on nuclear submarines spend months at a time underwater and are totally dependent on the constant, reliable power output of a nuclear reactor. Similarly, some of NASA's long-distance space probes depend on nuclear power. Yet the once-bright promise of nuclear energy is today tarnished by associations with nuclear weapons, a few power station accidents, and concerns about wastes. While most of the world continues to ignore the possibility of resurrecting nuclear energy sources, working groups in South Africa and the Netherlands are making

92. ENS E-NEWS: Fission & Fusion: By Bertrand Barré, ENS President two forms of nuclear energy to use simultaneously breeder fission and fusion. As I see it, fission and fusion are two sides of the same ‘nuclear coin’. http://www.euronuclear.org/library/public/enews/ebulletinspring2004/fission&fusi

Issue No.4 Spring (April 2004) C O N T E N T S Editorial: UK study ENS News ENS Vienna General Assembly YGN Meeting IYNC2004 Toronto Listening to others ... Top-level energy conference ENS Events RRFM 2004 PIME 2004 5-6 May Slovakian conference Sept. Slovenian conference ... Framatome ANP news European Institutions Council of the European Union 'Nuclear package' Kyoto Mechanisms Directive Commission Euratom loan: Cernavoda-2 Nuclear chief's comments Directive on electricity supply Hydrogen fuel cell initiative ... Commission nuclear feature European Parliament Meeting on nuclear terrorism ENS World News Generation IV Forum NucNet news Links to ENS Member Societies Links to ENS Corporate Members ... Editorial staff All too often, a very destructive controversy simmers between the proponents of fusion and the advocates of fission who, seen from Sirius, are both parts of the same community, the nuclear energy specialists.

93. Glossary Of Nuclear Terms nuclear energy energy, usually in the form of heat or electricity, Reactor vessel A device in which nuclear fission may be sustained and controlled in http://www.gdrc.org/uem/nuclear-glossary.html

Glossary of Nuclear Terms Atom: The basic building block of all matter. The smallest particle of an element that has the same properties as the element. It consists of a central core called the nucleus that is made up of protons and neutrons. Electrons revolve in orbits in the region surrounding the nucleus. Dry-cask storage: A method for storing spent fuel. Dry casks are large, rugged containers made of steel or steel-reinforced concrete, 18 or more inches thick. The casks use materials like steel, concrete and lead - instead of water - as a radiation shield. Depending on the design, a dry cask can hold from seven to 56 12-foot-long fuel assemblies. Fission: The splitting of atoms that results in the release of large amounts of energy. Two or three neutrons are usually released during this event. Fission occurs either naturally or when an atom's nucleus is bombarded by neutrons.

94. Physics.org - Search Results Be the first to rate this link nuclear fission and nuclear Fusion (New window The energy Story nuclear energy, fission and Fusion http://www.physics.org/results/search.asp?q=fission&uu=0

95. NUCLEAR--Los Alamos Energy Security Los Alamos conducts research in both nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. nuclear fission achieves energy release by splitting heavy atoms (as in a http://www.lanl.gov/energy/compendium/nuclear/

Energy Security Home Compendium of Technology Program Offices ... Inside Nuclear Fusion (LANL only) Nuclear Energy Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos conducts research in both nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission achieves energy release by splitting heavy atoms (as in a present-day nuclear reactor), whereas nuclear fusion achieves energy release by combining light atoms (as in the process occurring in the core of a star). Nuclear Technology and Applications (Nuclear Fission) Nuclear Fusion Energy Sciences Nuclear Technology and Applications Research Technology development programs carried out within the Nuclear Technology and Applications portfolio aim at major national and international needs, including: New nuclear energy technology that supports the goals and objectives of the President's National Energy Policy; Technologies that support recommendations on advanced nuclear fuel cycle development made by the Directors of six leading Department of Energy national laboratories to the Secretary of Energy (Nuclear News, September 2002, p.91); Near-term space exploration missions that require significant levels of electrical power for their success;

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Nuclear Energy and Society Internet Resources Listed below are some web sites that will assist you in your research of nuclear energy and its impact on society. Biographies of Scientists About.com - Biography Biography.com Conversations With History Lives: The Biography Resource ... Yahoo Directory: Manhattan Project - Scientists Cold War About.com: Arms Race in the Cold War CNN Interactive: Cold War The Cold War Museum Nuclearfiles.org: Cold War Fission Fusion Atomic Alchemy: Nuclear Processes - Basic Nuclear Fission Energy Story: Nuclear Energy - Fission and Fusion How Nuclear Power Works: Nuclear Fission Nucluear Fission Links Manhattan Project History and Ethics Behind the Manhattan Project Nuclearfiles.org: The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project (and Before) Yahoo Directory: Manhattan Project Nuclear Disasters Chernobyl Accident Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: 10 Years After Nuclear Disasters and Accidents PBS.org: Meltdown at Three Mile Island

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98. Howstuffworks "How Nuclear Power Works" nuclear power plants produce a sizeable percentage of the world s We ll explain nuclear fission and give you a view inside a nuclear reactor. http://people.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

TCDA("cc=edu; dt"); Auto Stuff Science Stuff Health Stuff Entertainment Stuff ... Shop for Stuff Top Subjects Fireworks Nostradamus Nuclear Power Tattoos Sponsored By: Subjects Culture Good Will Government Public Works ... Browse the People Library Explore Stuff Lidrock.com Stuffo.com Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter ... Public Works How Nuclear Power Works by Marshall Brain Table of Contents Introduction to How Nuclear Power Works Uranium Nuclear Fission Inside a Nuclear Power Plant Outside a Nuclear Power Plant Subcriticality, Criticality and Supercritic... What Can Go Wrong Lots More Information Shop or Compare Prices Nuclear power plants provide about 17 percent of the world's electricity. Some countries depend more on nuclear power for electricity than others. In France, for instance, about 75 percent of the electricity is generated from nuclear power, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency . In the United States, nuclear power supplies about 15 percent of the electricity overall, but some states get more power from nuclear plants than others. There are more than 400 nuclear power plants around the world, with more than 100 in the United States. The dome-shaped containment building at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant near Raleigh, NC

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TCDA("cc=edu; dt"); Auto Stuff Science Stuff Health Stuff Entertainment Stuff ... Shop for Stuff Top Subjects Fireworks Nostradamus Nuclear Power Tattoos Sponsored By: Subjects Culture Good Will Government Public Works ... Browse the People Library Explore Stuff Lidrock.com Stuffo.com Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter ... Public Works How Nuclear Power Works by Marshall Brain Table of Contents Introduction to How Nuclear Power Works Uranium Nuclear Fission Inside a Nuclear Power Plant Outside a Nuclear Power Plant Subcriticality, Criticality and Supercritic... What Can Go Wrong Lots More Information Shop or Compare Prices Uranium Uranium is a fairly common element on Earth, incorporated into the planet during the planet's formation. Uranium is originally formed in stars . Old stars exploded, and the dust from these shattered stars aggregated together to form our planet. Uranium-238 (U-238) has an extremely long half-life > (4.5 billion years), and therefore is still present in fairly large quantities. U-238 makes up 99 percent of the uranium on the planet. U-235 makes up about 0.7 percent of the remaining uranium found naturally, while U-234 is even more rare and is formed by the decay of U-238. (Uranium-238 goes through many stages or alpha and beta decay to form a stable isotope of lead, and U-234 is one link in that chain.)

100. The Nuclear Fission Power Plant of nuclear fission Reactors and How They Work.......A http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission_power/fission_power.html

The Atom Basic Atom Atomic Nomenclature The Atom Atomic Nomenclature ... Radioactivity Nuclear Fusion Basic Fusion Binding Energy Nucleosynthesis Controlled Fusion ... Inertial confinement Nuclear Fission Basic Fission Fission Power Nuclear Waste (Types) Nuclear Waste (Storage) ... Reaction Simulation History Timeline Treaties Biographies Forums Nuclear Power Discussion Forum Question Forum Survey Take the Survey View Results Test Test your Knowledge High Scores Feedback Guest Book Contact Us The Nuclear Fission Power Plant Introduction: C urrently, about half of all nuclear power plants are located in the US. There are many different kinds of nuclear power plants, and we will discuss a few important designs in this text. A nuclear power plant harnesses the energy inside atoms themselves and converts this to electricity. This electricity is used by all of us. By now, you should have an idea of the fission process and how it works. A nuclear power plant uses controlled nuclear fission. In this section, we will explore how a nuclear power plant operates and the manner in which nuclear reactions are controlled. Uranium Preparation: E arlier we talked about nuclear fission with U. In reality, this will not be the only isotope of uranium present in a nuclear reactor. In naturally occurring uranium deposits, less than one percent of the uranium is

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