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    Chemical Warfare Final Draft Do you think it’s right to use chemical toxins to harm or kill people who are defending‚ or fighting for their lives? I don’t and that is why I am aganist chemical warfare. There are other ways which can be used to defend your country without taking away the lives of many people in such a barbaric fashion. Chemical warfare takels many innocent lives even when they haven’t done anything wrong! Chemical warfare is a way of torturing people with nerve‚ blister‚ and choking

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    Nuclear Radiation There are many ways that the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still and the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" are similar. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction story that deals with nuclear radiation and what the future world would be like if there was an atomic bomb. This short story is a good example of what could happen in the future. The Day the Earth Stood Still is a movie that also has the same genre‚ that it is science fiction. It helps

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    Nuclear Fusion

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    In spring of 1989‚ two scientists by the name of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announced that they had found a way to create nuclear fusion in a relatively simple and cheap way. Superhot fusion is the process in which deuterium‚ a heavier form of hydrogen‚ is held within a magnetic field and heated to tens of millions of degrees. The nuclei of the atoms fuse‚ and heat energy is released. This kind of fusion happens in our solar system’s sun. This type of fusion is known to occur‚ but recreating

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    to proceed slowly with our trenches” (Peter Stuyvesant). Trench warfare was a tactic that got nowhere while fighting. Then they started using nuclear gases that killed a lot of people. Trench warfare was an interesting thing‚ he technology changed how well it worked‚ and he attitude of leaders changed trench warfare as well. Trench warfare made the war one of the slowest in history. People got almost nowhere from it. Trench warfare is the idea where you dig a trench and many people go in them. Then

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    attack has begun. It was only with the advent of nuclear weapons that such a distinction could be made in peacetime. Before the arrival of mutually assured destruction (MAD)‚ the terms ‘deterrence’ and ‘defence’ simply referred to different time periods. Prior to an attack‚ military forces are supposed to deter an enemy. After the attack‚ when deterrence has failed‚ they are used to actively resist the attack. In light of the unacceptable costs of nuclear war‚ military strategists and planners have devoted

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    facet of war that could be considered most detrimental… chemical warfare. "Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill‚ injure or incapacitate the enemy" (Chemical Warfare). But not only does it leave its mark on society and the people of the world‚ chemical warfare can destroy the unique qualities of nature as well. The practice of chemical warfare dates back to 1000 B.C and is still used today (Smart). Its impact

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    World War One was a horrific event. The number of known dead has been placed at about 10‚000‚000 men. The main method of combat during the first world war a.k.a. the Great World War‚ was trench warfare. Trench warfare was one of the main reasons so many men died. It was a ruthless system of warfare‚ in which lines and lines of men were repeatedly mowed down‚ one after the other. Life in the trenches‚ on the daily‚ was filled with horror‚ and death. Death was a constant companion to those serving

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    Nuclear Chemistry

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    much mass that there is to much where this rate of fission reaction can start increasing and can be very dangerous.could create so much energy to be dangerous. Slide= 15 Uranium would be located in the reactor vessel. in the fuel rods there is a nuclear Fission reaction happening. Lots of energy being released . Water absorbs energy and itt is presurised and moves over into the steam generator and where the liquid turns into a gas and because they move a lot faster. The air particles move the turbine

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    Nuclear Engineering

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    Nuclear engineering is the practical application of the breakdown of atomic nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics‚ based on the principles of nuclear physics. It includes‚ but is not limited to‚ the interaction and maintenance of nuclear fission systems and components— specifically‚ nuclear reactors‚ nuclear power plants‚ and/or nuclear weapons. The field may also include the study of nuclear fusion‚ medical and other applications of (generally ionizing) radiation‚ nuclear safety‚ heat/thermodynamics

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    Nuclear Power Nuclear power was discovered in early 20th century. In 1938‚ the first fission proved the great power of nuclear reactions. Only a few years after that‚ as the first nuclear bomb went off‚ nuclear power was successfully used by human. But ironically‚ that way is one of the most dangerous ways against human race. Nuclear power is one of the most powerful and dangerous energy sources in the human history. As the science and technology become better and better‚ nuclear power could also

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