American Nuclear Society
The acronym "ANS" stands for what?
What is the American Nuclear Society?
The center of an atom is called what?
What is the nucleus?
What is Chicago?
This type of radiation is used to sterilize medical equipment.
What is gamma radiation?
True or False -- Nuclear energy produces more carbon emissions than coal.
What is False?
The ANS was founded in what year?
What is 1954?
Thee process that splits atoms to release energy is known as what?
What is fission?
The 1986 nuclear accident occurred at this power plant.
What is Chernobyl?
Radioisotopes are commonly used in what medical imaging technique?
What is PET scanning?
Radiation exposure from living near a nuclear plant is less than what everyday item?
What is an airplane flight or a banana?
This professional organization's mission is to advance, foster, and promote what?
What is nuclear science and technology?
What subamotic particle carries no electric charge?
What is a neutron?
The discovery of fission is credited to this physicist.
Who is Otto Hahn (ans Lise Meitner)?
Food irradiation prevents spoilage by doing what?
What is killing bacteria and pests?
The protective dome surrounding a reactor is called what?
What is a containment building?
Student sections like ours are apart of what larger structure of ANS?
What is local sections and divisions?
What unit measures radiation dose absorbed by humans?
What is sievert (or rem)?
The world's first nuclear-powered submarine was named what?
What is the USS Nautilus?
Nuclear power plants generate electricity by producing what to spin turbines?
What is steam?
Nuclear waste is often believed to be dumped in oceans or landfills. Where is it actually stored?
What is secure, shielded storage on-site or in dry casks?
The ANS annual meeting brings together experts from which main sectors of nuclear?
What are academia, industry, and government?
Fusion, unlike fission, releases energy by combining which atomic particles?
What are atomic nuclei?
This 1954 plant became the world's first to produce electricity from nuclear energy.
What is Obninsk, in the Soviet Union?
This isotope of cobalt is widely used for cancer treatment.
What is Cobalt-60?
This myth cleams nuclear plants can "explode like a bomb." Why is that impossible?
What is because reactor fuel is not enriched enough for a nuclear explosion?