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An area in which nuclear weapons are banned (hint: Berkeley was one)
What is a nuclear free zone?
Arguably the worst nuclear disaster in history
What is Chernobyl?
This is the famous monster that was supposedly awakened by the testing of a nuclear bomb
Who is Godzilla?
The nuclear power plant that suffered failure and meltdown following the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake
What is Fukushima Dai-ichi?
This particle, released during the fission of U-235, is responsible for the nuclear chain reaction
What is a neutron?
The Hulk's creation was modeled after this real-life experiment.
What is the Gammasphere?
The closest commercial nuclear reactor
What is Diablo Canyon?
A popular nuclear plant operator?
Who is Homer Simpson?
The Department of Homeland Security was created following this event
What is September 11th?
the electromagnetic radiation that makes a reactor core glow blue
What is Cherenkov radiation?
This element that contributes the most to background radiation
The world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor
What is the B Reactor?
In 2006, Berkeley boasted that twenty of its professors have won Nobel prizes. Who can claim to be the first to have done so?
Who is Ernest Lawrence?
The program where Russians converted 500 tons of bomb-grade uranium to fuel
What is Megatons to Megawatts?
Highest yield nuclear weapon ever test
What is Tsar Bomba?
The nuclear facility that served a set for the Star Trek into Darkness movie
What is the National Ignition Facility?
the "father of the atomic bomb"
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
This woman wrote the first paper on nuclear fission along with her nephew, Otto FrischThis woman wrote the first paper on nuclear fission along with her nephew, Otto Frisch
Who is Lise Meitner?
The nuclear world powers?
Who are US, USSR, UK, Franca, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea?
isotope used for a breeder reactor to produce fissile material?
What is Uranium-235?
One of the most famous franchises to rely on nuclear weapons on plot devices
What is James Bond/007?
In addition to building atomic weapons, the military soon found another use for nuclear power. On January 21, 1954 the United States launched the first nuclear-powered submarine. What was the name of this famous ship?
What is the USS Nautilus?
Most recent woman to win a nobel prize in physics?
Who is Donna Strickland?
The current Director General of the IAEA
Who is Yukiya Amano?
The physical process responsible for PET imaging
What is positron emission?