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What incident comes to your mind when you hear the word 'nuclear power'?
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What does it mean when there is no power light and you cannot hear the cooling fan running in a computer?
It means its broken!
How Has Nuclear Power Influenced Society?
That's a very broad question that sounds like an essay question from Junior High. Nuclear power has offered society the potential to produce essentially unlimited amounts of electricity using a technology that few of the users understand. When the majority of people hear "nuclear power" they immediately think of nuclear weapons, Hiroshima, Chernobyl, TMI, and general holocaust. They do not think "hot water, steam generator, spinning turbine, and radioactive decay" and they do not recognize that every technological advance has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of nuclear power to generate electricity compared to coal, is that there is significantly less disturbance to the earth in the mining of the fuel, there are no products of combustion released to the atmosphere, the volume of the waste produced is orders of magnitude less and completely controlled, and the radioactivity of the spent fuel will eventually decay to harmless levels. Further, the spent fuel can be reprocessed to recover the useable material and reuse it in new fuel. The disadvantages of the present generation of nuclear power plants is the complexity of the design which leads to over engineering of the systems and components. More components in the design means that there are more components to fail. The redundancy of separate trains of safety systems assures tht the fuel remains cooled however the numbers of failures fosters the image that the design isn't safe. The media that discusses nuclear power tends to speak in absolutist terms such as "could there be a reactor fuel melt down?" The answer is "yes" with a probability that can be calculated based on the probability of failure of different pieces of equipment. That failure probability tends to be in the 10E-6 range or less, meaning that the string of failures needed to arrive at a fuel melt will happen once every 10E6 years (that's 1,000,000 years). This is not an easy concept to grasp, so the path of least resistance for the media is to not explain it. It's easier to ask an open-ended question and cut to commercial. It could be argued that nuclear power really hasn't influenced society much at all in that most of the population doesn't know or care where their electricy comes from so long as the lights come on when the switch is thrown. People who live far from a nuclear plant can afford to oppose the technology since they don't have to think about it beyond the abstract. Those people who live close to a plant frequently learn to appreciate it for the good jobs that the site provides and the clean and generally reliable electricity it delivers. There are a few pro-nuclear web sites which can provide that point of view. Nuclear Is Our Future (NIOF) has links to other sites which can provide additional information. Pay particular attention to John Cameron and his theories on radiation exposure.
How does the medium affect the speed of a wave?
medium really affect the speed of sound the big example in front of us is sun as there are a lot of explosions on the surface of sun because of nuclear reactions but we cant hear them because there is a vaccum between earth and sun.
Does electrical energy have vibration for example do electrical power lines have some sort of vibration going on in there?
The fundamental vibration is caused by the alternating nature of the AC supply, ie 60 Hz in the US and 50 Hz in Europe. You may hear this from power lines-you will certainly hear it from transformers which you probably have in your neighbourhood to step down from a high voltage to your domestic supply at 110 v, or 240v in Europe.
How does the medium affect the speed of a sound wave?
medium really affect the speed of sound the big example in front of us is sun as there are a lot of explosions on the surface of sun because of nuclear reactions but we cant hear them because there is a vaccum between earth and sun.
Why can you not hear the noise of the nuclear reactions which power the sun?
Because sound doesn't travel through the vacuum of space.
When you hear the word God what comes first to your mind?
Creator, Father, Power, Love...
What comes to mind when you hear the word math?
what word comes to mind when you hear the word math
If the incident grows beyond tyhe capability of a local jurisdiction?
If an incident or court case goes beyond the local jurisdiction, the state court will hear the court case. If the state courts feel that the incident is too severe to be handled at the state level, the state will petition the superior court to hear the case.
Does are hear power are body?
no are hear does not power our bodies are small intestines do most of the work.
What part of the dolphins body do they hear from?
Dolphins hear with their ears BUT when it comes to their sonar they 'hear' with their jaw.
Why cant you hear nuclear explosions from the sun?
because an average human is only able to hear sounds that are 20 watts and higher.
What is the power to hear and decide a case?
The power or authority to hear a case is called jurisdiction; the authority to hear a case on appeal is called appellate jurisdiction.
What comes into your mind you hear the word bacteria?
Rods. That's what comes into my mind.
How can you tell if the power of the power supply is on?
Most have a fan in them and you can hear when it is on.
You hear a 3-5 minute steady tone on siren?
a disaster or incident affecting the base is imminent or in progress
What comes to mind when you hear the word computer?
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