Nuclear Disasters
Sweden was the first country to report this disaster.
Chernobyl
This is where Nuclear Energy comes from
What is the nucleus
The number of protons is the atomic ______
number
This is the weakest type of decay
Alpha
What is the Symbol for Polonium?
Po
This nuclear accident(s) were due to man made errors during testing and received its name due to their deaths.
Demon Core
Where is the only place in the US a nuclear "disaster" has occurred?
3 mile island
The atomic mass is equal to
number of neutrons and protons
This type of decay creates a helium atom?
alpha
What is the symbol for Helium?
He
This accident was caused from an abandoned hospital/ radiation treatment center not being properly disposed of.
Goiana
When a neutron triggers a chain reaction splitting open a nucleus and releasing massive amounts of energy and a new, smaller element.
nuclear fission
If you have 100 % of a radioactive sample, after 4 half lives how much is still radioactive?
6.25
This type of decay creates an electron and a new element
beta
What is the symbol for Lead?
Pb
This incident left 18,000 people dead the first minute it hit, entire towns wiped off of maps, and 150,000 homes destroyed BEOFRE the nuclear reactor exploded.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
When 2 smaller nuclei are fused together to create a larger nucleus and massive amounts of energy.
Nuclear Fusion
If you have 12,000 g of a radioactive sample and the half life is 4.2 days how much is radioactive after 3 half lives?
3,000
This type of decay can only be stopped by lead or concrete
gamma
What is the symbol for Mercury?
Hg
What are the names of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and nagasaki?
What is the Little Boy and the Fat Man?
This is the location that all nuclear waste is taken to be stored in the US
Yucca Mountain
If you have 100 g of Pb after 3 half lives, how much will still be radio active?
12.5 g
Which type of decay creates a new element
Alpha and beta
What is the symbol for Plutonium?
Pu