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    Climate Change Mitigation

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    includes renewable and nuclear energy‚ decreasing the carbon intensity of fossil fuel through carbon capture and sequestering‚ reforestation and also simply by conserving energy. Based on the cost-benefit analysis of each methods‚ I believe that the effectiveness and practically of each methods can be ranked‚ in decreasing order‚ as such – (1) Reducing energy use by conservation (2) Developing renewable energy (3) Carbon capture and sequestering (4) Building more nuclear power plant and lastly (5)

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    ENVIRONMENT Part II: Energy and Essential Resources Chapter 5: Nuclear Power 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Working principle Nuclear reactors Detection and safety issues Radioactive wastes treatment Comparison to other powers Possible alternatives 1 Do you know? 2 Mass & Atomic Numbers Isotopes All of the following are possible sources of radiation except a. background radiation from the Earth’s crust. b. nuclear waste. c. medical & dental X-rays. d. distilled water. A

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    Alternative Energy Sources

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    way we do‚ then we have to look at alternative energy sources such as: geothermal‚ nuclear‚ solar‚ wind‚ and hydroelectric energy. Alternative energy sources are not without faults‚ but along with faults‚ there are benefits and solutions to the issues. Geothermal energy is a well-proven energy resource that can be used to provide both heat and electricity. Geothermal energy is very predictable and producers power 24 hours a day‚ 7 days as week. Ground based geothermal heat pumps for heating and

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    CHEMISTRY FOR HUMAN WELFARE: IT’S PROMISES AND CONCERNS 2011 had been officially declared “The International Year of Chemistry” t o commemorate the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to mankind. It is so fitting that 2011 is the centenary year for the award of Nobel Prize to Marie Curie for her discovery of Radium and Polonium. Also this is the 150th birth anniversary of Dr. P .C Roy. All living things in this beautiful world are nothing but

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    Conservation of Energy Ip3

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    reduce the time it takes time to getting one place to another. For example: Before fossil fuel it would take the average person days to go from one state to another or hours to get travel between cities. Also‚ in using fossil fuel Power plants could produce enough energy to power their homes‚ which includes lighting‚ heat‚ central air‚ and cooking. In using oil‚ gas and coal society as a whole have improved with some side effects. The disadvantage of fossil fuel is the overwhelming carbon dioxide

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    Assignment

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    more Nuclear power stations? Task – to write a report – NOT A PPT Include the following * Introduction – explain what your writing about * What is Nuclear Power? * Advantages * Disadvantages * Your opinion Criteria * Simple * Diagrams * Paragraphs * Spelling punctuation and grammar * Full bibliography * Max 2 sides of A4 Font 12. Nuclear power generates around one sixth of the United Kingdom’selectricity‚ using 16 operational nuclear reactors at

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    and Fukushima nuclear accident. The earthquake and tsunami caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan‚ including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas‚ and a dam collapse. Naoto Kan said‚ "In the 65 years after the end of World War II‚ this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan." Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left without electricity and 1.5 million without water. The tsunami caused nuclear accidents‚

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    Renewable energy sources like wind turbines and tidal barrages are better for the environment than nuclear power and fossil fuels. They also have the potential to last forever. So why are they not being used all over the world? A reason for this is because switching to renewable energy as a primary source would cost a lot of money. Some countries don’t think it is worth it‚ and others simply can’t afford to. There are also many nations that earn a vast amount of money from oil and coal‚ that wouldn’t

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    are costly‚ non-renewable and cause pollution‚ however wind energy has become the potential solution for all of our energy problems‚ or so we thought. McGuinty’s legacy is a green nightmare‚ by Margret Wente of the Globe and Mail explains that wind power cannot be considered green when manufacturing these energy sources is ultimately corrupting the environment and its wildlife. The article also explains that wind energy is too costly and impractical; it states that Dalton McGuinty’s green energy act

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    Heavyweight Concrete

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    Uses : producers have supplied this specialty performance ..: 1- hospitals in x-ray protection 2- bridge designers to provide counterweights on lift bridges 3- designers of nuclear power plants Mixture proportioning: Procedures outlined in ACI 211.1 should be used for mixture proportioning. Typical proportions for heavyweight concrete are shown in Table 2. MATERIALS : Cement Cements conforming to ASTM C 150‚ which would be suitable for conventional concrete and produce the required

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