Weapons
This describes the lifespan of a uranium use in a nuclear weapon and how long it takes to break down.
Half-life
This nuclear process is heavily utilized for nuclear reactors in the U.S. and requires the division of atoms.
Nuclear Fission
This is utilized to treat cancer and involves the process of utilizing chemical to shrink cancerous cells followed by radioactive treatment.
Chemotherapy and radiation.
What was the first nuclear weapons ever dropped?
Little Boy and Fat Man
This element is produced when Uranium combusts and is utilized in the manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
Plutonium
In a nuclear reaction, what is conserved?
A. Mass
B. Energy
C. Momentum
D. All of the above
This machine is utilized to detect any diseases or trauma of vital origins using X-rays.
MRI
This bomb is considered the largest nuclear weapon ever tested.
Tsar Bomba
This process is commonly used in Hydrogen Bombs and creates a much larger explosion than that of a Uranium bomb.
Fusion
This nuclear powerplant shutdown was considered the largest in world history.
Chernobyl
These are medicines that are prescribed by doctors to treat diseases such as cancer using radioactive elements.
Radiopharmaceuticals
This period of time took place from 1947 till 1991 and threatened the global stability through threat of nuclear war.
The Cold War
This nuclear process was first discovered in Germany and assisted in the first creation of a nuclear weapon.
Nuclear fission
To keep a nuclear reactor at cool temperatures what is elemental compound is used?
H2O
Nuclear medicine can be utilized in many way including____,_____,_____
This took place in October 16 of 1962 during the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What uranium isotope is used for a Uranium bomb?
Uranium-235
In a nuclear reactor, what are the controlling rods made of?
Cadmium
How long does it take for radiopharmaceuticals to leave the body?
60 hours on average
Who was the leading physicist during the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer