Isotope Spelling Spectacular (Bonus if you can figure out word without me saying)
Nuclear Nostalgia (Nuclear History)
NAME THAT POKEMON (National Lab)
It's a Small World After All (Nuclear Around the World)
WHOOPSIES! (Nuclear Accidents)
100
How do you spell the word that describes the splitting of an atom?
What is F I S S I O N?
100
Which country possesses the most nuclear weapons?
What is Russia?
100
This lab is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, the US government's top-secret effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II.
Today, this lab is a multidisciplinary research institution that conducts research in a variety of fields, including materials science, energy technology, environmental science, nuclear science, and computational science.
What is Oak Ridge National Laboratory?
100
This country has the largest number of nuclear power plants in the world.
What is the United States?
100
Which disaster resulted in an explosion of the reactor and set fire at a nuclear reactor in Ukraine which resulted in the release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere?
What is Chernobyl?
200
What do you call the blue glow emitted by nuclear reactors?
What is C H E R E N K O V?
200
What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched by the United States in 1954?
What is the USS Nautilus?
200
This lab is located in New Mexico and was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project, the US government's top-secret effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II.
Today, this lab is a multidisciplinary research institution that conducts research in a variety of fields, including nuclear science, energy technology, materials science, computer science, environmental science, and national security.
What is Los Alamos National Laboratory?
200
This country generates the highest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power, with 70% of its electricity coming from nuclear energy.
What is France?
200
Which disaster was caused by a tsunami?
What is Fukushima?
300
What is the name of this detector? (Include punctuation)
What is G E I G E R - M U E L L E R?
300
What was the name of the first nuclear test conducted by the United States in 1945? Bonus points for its nickname.
What is Trinity (aka The Gadget)?
300
This lab is located in Ames, Iowa and was established in 1947 as part of a nationwide effort to advance research in nuclear energy and technology.
Today, this lab is a multidisciplinary research institution that conducts research in a variety of fields, including materials science, chemistry, and physics.
What is Ames Laboratory?
300
This country is currently building the most new nuclear power plants, with 14 reactors under construction as of 2021.
What is China?
300
Which item caused 2 deaths due to improper handling of a plutonium pit?
What is Demon Core or Louis Slotin?
400
What do you call a radioactive compound used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes?
What is R A D I O P H A R M A C E U T I C A L?
400
Who discovered nuclear fission? (name at least 2)
Who are Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch, or Fritz Strassmann?
400
This lab is located in Richland, Washington and was established in 1965 to conduct research in support of the DOE's missions in energy, environment, and national security.
Today, this lab is a multidisciplinary research institution that conducts research in a variety of fields, including materials science, energy technology, environmental science, computational science, and national security.
What is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory?
400
This country is rapidly expanding its nuclear power capacity, with plans to increase its nuclear power generation from 6,000 MW to 63,000 MW by 2032.
What is India?
400
This accident was a fire in Cumbria, UK that started in one of the two reactors on site and burned for three days, releasing radioactive materials into the surrounding area.
The cause of the fire was a combination of overheating of the reactor's fuel and the release of carbon dioxide gas, which reacted with the graphite moderator and ignited. The fire was initially suppressed with water, which resulted in the release of radioactive steam into the atmosphere.
What is the Windscale Fire?
500
What do you call the device that is used for observing nuclear disintegrations caused by ionizing radiation interacting with a scintillator? 
What is S P I N T H A R I S C O P E?
500
What is the name of the Soviet physicist who led the development of the first Soviet atomic bomb?
Who is Andrei Sakharov?
500
This lab is located in Aiken, South Carolina, and was established in 1951 to produce plutonium and tritium for the US nuclear weapons program.
Today, this lab is a multidisciplinary research institution that conducts research in a variety of fields, including nuclear science, environmental science, materials science, and national security.
What is Savannah River National Laboratory?
500
This country generates about 30% of its electricity from nuclear power, and is home to the world's largest nuclear power plant by capacity.
What is South Korea?
500
Which disaster was an accidental criticality at a nuclear reactor in Idaho, resulting in the death of three workers?
What is SL-1?
