Military
This secret project led to the development of the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
This material is the primary moderator in nuclear plants
What is water?
This device is used to measure bone density using radiation
What is an X-ray?
This is the name of Purdue's reactor
What is PUR-1?
This handheld device is commonly used to measure radiation
What is a geiger counter?
This US city led the production of plutonium in WW2
What is Chicago?
This state is where the most recent US nuclear plant was built
What is Georgia?
This material was painted on watches to illuminate them
What is radium?
This word finishes the phrase "The math is just (blank)" of the NUCL 200 professor
What is algebra?
This mountain was the potential location to contain nuclear waste
What is Yucca mountain?
The largest nuclear weapon
What is the Tsar Bomba?
This country has the largest percent of their power generated from nuclear energy
What is France?
Smoke detectors use this type of decay
What is alpha?
This button is used to stop a nuclear reactor instantly
What is scram?
This five-step principle is used to reduce radiation
The number of countries with nuclear weapons
What is nine?
This type of rod is used to reduce reactivity
What is control?
This isotope is commonly used in medicine
What is technetium-99m?
This is the power level of Purdue's reactor
What is 12 kW?
This fruit is known to give off radiation
What is a banana?
The first nuclear submarine
What is the Nautilus?
This country has the largest nuclear power plant
What is Japan?
Tokomaks use this type of magnet in the center of the device
What is solenoid?
This year is when Purdue's nuclear reactor was built
What is 1962?
This is the limit of radiation exposure from a nuclear power plant
What is 5 mrem?