The Process of Nuclear Fusion in the Sun The Sun is a massive ball of hot gases that produces energy through a process called nuclear fusion. This process is what makes the Sun shine and provides heat and light to Earth. Nuclear fusion can be a fascinating thing to learn about and see whether or Read More…

By Leandro Bezerra. Nuclear weapons are still here and they’re still an existential risk. Nine countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. In total, the global nuclear stockpile is close to 13,000 weapons. Despite progress in reducing nuclear weapon arsenals since the Cold Read More…

The Chernobyl Disaster: Effects on People and the Environment The Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, is considered one of the worst nuclear accidents in history. The horrible event had long-lasting effects on both the people living in the area and the environment. 1.immediate Health Read More…

Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment. This treatment uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. Most of the time X-rays are used during radiation therapy. But other types of radiation therapy exist, including proton radiation, which is a type of radiation therapy that uses proton rather than x-rays. It painlessly delivers Read More…

Where? The Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Power Plant was built in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania on a small island in the Susquehanna River. Construction lasted 10 years, starting in 1968 and ending in 1978. The plant was home to 2 reactors and were built to produce “clean” electricity for the city and its fast-growing population. Read More…

Space nuclear propulsion is a technology that draws energy from fission instead of traditional chemical reactions, paving the way for crewed Mars missions and deep space exploration. NASA is investigating both electric and thermal nuclear propulsion systems. Compared to chemical rockets, nuclear thermal propulsion offers double the propellant efficiency and high thrust. Heat is transferred Read More…

The process of food irradiation: Nourishment light (the application of ionizing radiation to nourishment) may be a innovation that moves forward the security and amplifies the rack life of nourishments by decreasing or killing microorganisms and creepy crawlies. H This example of an apple shows the radiation passing through it and its benefits such as Read More…

Step back into the heart of the mid-20th century, a time gripped by the ironclad rivalry between superpowers. Amidst the perilous dance of brinkmanship ( foreign policy practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other), Read More…

𝑵𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒖𝒎-235 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒖𝒎-239.𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 Read More…

Bikini Atoll is a coral island in the Pacific Ocean, consisting of a ring-shaped reef surrounding a 25-mile by 15-mile oval lagoon. The atoll includes 23 small coral islands within its reef. The atoll is part of the Marshall Islands, which is an island chain located between Hawaii and the Philippines. The United States government took Read More…

By Ethan Mulligan The Manhattan Project was a top-secret research project beginning on August 13, 1942, with the goal of researching and developing the weapons of destruction that would later become known as the atomic bomb. It was founded during the Second World War out of fear of German scientists developing the weapon first, since Read More…

DeVia Levy A PET is a technique that measures physiological function by looking at blood flow, metabolism, neurotransmitters, and radio labelled drugs. PET offers quantitative analyses, allowing relative changes over time to be monitored as a disease process evolves or in response to a specific stimulus. The method relies on the detection of radioactivity released Read More…

by Kourtney Johnson Throughout history, humans have made many scientific advances and discoveries. Many of which resulting in death due to long term exposure to harmful chemicals. Marie Curie who was best recognized for her discovery of radium, polonium and her significant contributions to cancer research, was exposed to large amounts of radiation during her groundbreaking Read More…

There are many ways that nuclear radiation is measured, perhaps the most popular being a unit named after its founder, Marie Curie. The conventional unit is called curie (Ci), there is also the SI unit named becquerel (Bq), and biological radiation is measured by rem or Sieverts(Sv). However, when radiation is measured through human absorption Read More…

Radon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless radioactive gas that occurs naturally. It is created as uranium decays, and uranium can be found in trace levels in water, rocks, and soil. Homes and buildings can be exposed to radon gas through the water supply, floor and wall gaps, and foundation fissures. protectenvironmental.com/radon-and-the-symptoms-of-radon-gas-poisoning/ Since radon is Read More…

What is a submarine? Submarines are not often used but are still a very popular device for transportation. Just like in the film “The Yellow Submarine” the Beatles, the most influential band of all time, used a submarine as transportation heading to pepper land to save it from the blue meanies who were trying to Read More…

Nowadays, radioactive materials are widely used in various fields, such as medicine, archaeology, and environmental science. Radioactive imaging has positively impacted how people do research. In addition, it has contributed to the well being of humans and revealing mysteries about ancient artifacts. The discovery of radioactive imaging dates back to 1896, when Henri Becquerel accidentally Read More…