Nuclear Weapons Stability or Instability Group Members 1. Umair Saif 2. Khasham saleem 3. Altaf Farooqui 4. Azeem Basharat 5. Mehwish Saleem Introduction: A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions‚ either fission(In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry‚ nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of a particle splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei). The fission process
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GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS According to the movie‚ TRINITY AND BEYOND: THE ATOMIC BOMB MOVIE‚ on July the sixteenth year 1945‚ at a site called "Trinity"‚ a plutonium bomb ’ was piled and taken up the top of a tower. This plutonium bomb ’ was exploded thereby generating a very high measure of flash light and a fireball that radiated through 0.6 kilometers (0.37 miles) in 2 seconds. The detonative energy or power was equivalent to 18.6 kilotons of TNT. This fume grew up
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considered the worst disaster in U.S. nuclear history (Gale). However‚ from this incident we learned more about how reactors work‚ the environmental impact‚ and the health consequences of radiation exposure. As nuclear energy emerged‚ an Italian physicist‚ Enrico Fermi‚ discovered the power of nuclear fission in 1934 (Britannica). He blasted uranium with neutrons to create a product much lighter in comparison to uranium. During the 1950s and 1960s‚ nuclear power plants
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The lesser evil: Nuclear Energy Asad Choudhry 999071668 October 15‚ 2014 Professor Karen Ing Introduction: The increased urgency to combat climate change has led to renewed interest in nuclear energy. To simplify a nuclear energy facility or a nuclear reactor is very much like any other power plant except that it produces heat through a process called nuclear fission. The heat produced from the nuclear fission is done through a radioactive element called uranium. The heat created is turned
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fuel combustion to nuclear fission and fusion‚ each of which have seemed to pose a different problem. Whether the problematic effect seems to be cost or carbon dioxide emission‚ renewable and nonrenewable resources have both seemed to come with a fair set of cons with their pros. Extensive research on the topic has shown that there seems to be no flawless source of energy extraction‚ however there certainly are sources that are relatively worse than others. This being said‚ nuclear energy‚ from the
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geometry. Procedure and Observations Part 1a): In the first part of the experiment the EGS code was configured to calculate the influence of voxel size and the number of photons on the amount of radiation dose deposited on a water phantom. A mono-energetic source of 2MeV with a radius of 2cm was chosen to be the particle beam. A trial with 1million particles incident on a water phantom at a voxel resolution of 1cm was simulated then another trial
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The effect of mobile phone radiation on human health is the subject of recent interest and study‚ as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world (as of June 2009‚ there were more than 4.3 billion users worldwide). Mobile phones use electromagnetic in the microwave range. Other digital wireless systems‚ such as data communication networks‚ produce similar radiation. The WHO has classified mobile phone radiation on the IARC scale into Group 2B - possibly carcinogenic
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Chapter 4: Case Study: When radiation therapy kills. The concepts of ethics are illustrated in this chapter. Ethics is a concern of humans who have freedom of choice. Responsibility‚ accountability and liability are issues that are raised by radiation technology. In this case we see that the carelessness or laziness of the medical technician‚ the lack of training in the handling of the equipment (software)‚ also of the maintenance of the updates of the software can cause the life a person. These
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Nuclear Power and Its Uses At first nuclear power was only seen as a means of destruction but after World War II a major effort was made to apply nuclear energy to peacetime uses. Nuclear power if made when a nucleus of an atom is split to release a powerful burst of energy. Though technological advancements nuclear power now supplies us with new medical aids‚ a new power source and new ways to do scientific research. New medical advancements are being produced rapidly due to nuclear power. Nuclear
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The Nuclear Power Debate In 1953‚ nuclear energy was introduced into America as a cheap and efficient energy source‚ favoured in place of increasingly scarce fossil fuels which caused air pollution. Its initial use was welcomed by the general public‚ as it was hoped to lower the price of electricity‚ and utilise nuclear power for it’s potential as a resource‚ not a weapon. However‚ as people became aware of the long term dangers involved in storing nuclear waste‚ it’s use was criticised. Two
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