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Nuclear Energy
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From Theory to Practice
The nuclear age began in Germany, in the 1930s in the lab of chemist
Otto Hahn.
Hahn was attempting to produce radium (In great need during the war) by
bombarding uranium atoms with neutrons. To his surprise, he ended up with
a much lighter element, barium.
That was 1938, This started the race for the p .... Middle of paper
.... up the first
operating nuclear reactor outside the USA. Of course, the output was
minuscule, but the significance was immense; the principal of getting
energy from splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction (fission) was
established beyond doubt. It was now the job of the scientists and
engineers to put it to a practical use.
Nuclear Reactors
A nuclear reactor is a device which produces heat. In a nuclear power
station, the rea ....
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Number of words: 1927
Number of pages: 8 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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