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The reason that plutonium (and other transuranic elements) are so rare in nature is thatbeing radioactive, they decay with a characteristic half-life. ... Any element formed at that time with a half-life much less than the Earth's age--or 4.5 billion year--has nearly all decayed into ...
is noticed in the authors tone as she is stating that even though we have al these toxic chemicals likeuranium-238 which is takes million of years to dipsose, andnuclear powerplants that create hundreds of plutonium each ear. It is still not enough for the earth to be polluted is ironic...
The world's hottest sauce is calledMad Dog 357 Plutonium No.9and comes in at 9 million Scoville Hotness Units (SHUs). Why is Frank's Red Hot so good? It's good for you Capsaicin (which is what makes peppers hot) hasantioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. But it's ...
Modern elevators came into wide use some 150 years ago. With the advancement of technology, the main task of elevators has remained the same—transport people and goods in between floors—yet elevators have become more sophisticated with a trend toward..
In 1941, scientists at the University of California at Berkeley discovered another element — element 94 — that might offer potential as a nuclear fuel. They named the elementplutonium, and during the following year, they made enough for experiments. Eventually, they established plutonium's fission...
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The only point we really need to note is this: since there are billions and billions of atoms in even a tiny spec of matter, it should be possible to make lots of energy from not very much at all. That's the basic idea behind nuclear power....
Reprocessing always reduces the volume of high level waste for disposal, usually reduces the high+intermediate volume, and, given recycling of uranium and plutonium, also decreases the total waste volume. As the quantifiable risks from reprocessing are very small, reprocessing is a viable waste ...
Taiwanese leaders faced a delicate balancing act: the United States strongly opposed new nuclear weapons programs anywhere in the world, and Taipei could not afford to alienate its most crucial ally. The US has long relied on nuclear deterrence as part of its broader strategy to counter Ch...