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IF a nuclear power plant explodes and wipes out every living thing what kind of organism would be the first to colonize the radioactive area?
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What is a radioactive nuclear fuel?
All nuclear fuels contain radioactive elements.
What are the dangers if a nuclear reactor explodes?
The main one is disbursal of its radioactive contents into the environment. The fallout from this has the potential to be much worse than the fallout from nuclear weapons, as the amount of material inside the reactor that can be disbursed is far larger than the fallout that can be generated by any nuclear weapon ever deployed.
Why does nuclear energy have radioactive stuff in it?
It is simply a fact that nuclear fission produces radioactive fission products
What happens when a nuclear bomb is set off?
It explodes.
Why shouldn't we use nuclear energy?
in case it explodes
Are the products of nuclear fussion radioactive?
no, but the products of fission are radioactive
What is radioactive fuel?
Nuclear
None of the products of nuclear fission of uranium are radioactive?
The answer is FALSE. Products of Nuclear fission of Uranium are highly radioactive.
Does nuclear radiation go away?
No, it doesn't.Wrong, it does. There are 2 types of nuclear radiation: prompt & decay.Prompt nuclear radiation occurs for a period of time while the reaction that generates it is happening. Examples are the flash of neutrons, light, x-rays, etc. when a nuclear bomb explodes as well as the sustained neutron flux as a nuclear reactor is in operation. When the reaction stops, prompt nuclear radiation goes away.Decay nuclear radiation occurs as radioactive isotopes decay to different isotopes. As the decay happens (which is a probabilistic process) the radioactive isotope is consumed. This follows an exponential function with one half of the current amount of the radioactive isotope consumed in each period of time called a halflife. While there will always be a tiny residue of the original radioactive isotope, for practical purposes it is considered to be negligible after 5 halflives have passed. When 5 halflives of the radioactive isotope decaying have passed, decay nuclear radiation is considered to have gone away for practical purposes.
Does fusion produce radioactive waste?
No. The products of nuclear fusion are not radioactive.
Is nuclear power radioactive?
It sure is
Are there any types of nuclear medicine that doesn't use radioactive isotopes?
All nuclear medicine techniques use radioactive isotopes.
