Devastating Nuclear Accidents throughout History: Causes and Results - Science Book for Kids 9-12 | Children's Science & Nature Books

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Historical facts will give you either joy or sadness. In this case, you will experience deep sadness as you go over some of the Devastating Nuclear Accidents throughout History. You will be reading about what happened then and why it happened. The causes and results of such accidents should be taken into account for a deeper understanding of the risks of nuclear energy. Buy a copy now!

Sujets

• Nuclear reactor physics
• Nuclear and radiation accidents
• Nuclear chemistry
• Nuclear engineering
• Nuclear power
• Nuclear fusion
• Nuclear physics

Informations

• Publié par: Speedy Publishing LLC
• Date de parution: 15 juillet 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781541923089
• Langue: English

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Devastating Nuclear Accidents throughout History: Causes and Results
Science Book for Kids 9-12
Children’s Science & Nature Books



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T he attraction of nuclear power is that splitting just a single atom can release an immense amount of power. If we can control and use that power, it’s great! But what happens when something goes wrong? Read on and find out.





Nuclear power and radiation risk
C ivilization requires power. A modern civilization requires more power than animals and human muscles can provide. The discovery in the 1940s that we could release great amounts of power in a nuclear reactor by “splitting atoms” was very exciting. The immediate result were the atomic bombs that, dropped on Japan, brought an end to World War II.




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T he longer-range hope was that nuclear power would provide safe, clean, inexpensive energy to power everything from households to trains to huge factories.


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There are several problems with making that dream a reality:
� Safe? There have been a series of accidents involving nuclear reactors and other radioactive material, as you will read. Some have had terrible outcomes, and some were just “close calls”. But each one shows that, even with the best equipment, the best teams, and the best planning, things can go terribly wrong.





Nuclear explosion





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