Fall 2009 MNGT 4389 Nuclear Group - Presentation 1

1. Nuclear Energy - Presentation 1 7 December 2009 Tyler Bowers Amanda Lavergne Michael Sadler Leticia Sandoval

2. Facts Nuclear energy comes from creating controlled nuclear reactions in order to produce electricity. In 2007, nuclear energy made up almost 15% of the world’s electric power1. Over 150 military vessels, mainly in aircraft carriers and submarines, currently use nuclear reactions to generate power today2. The United States3: Produces approximately 30% of global nuclear power Consumes approximately 20% of electricity derived from nuclear power

3. World Marketed Energy Use by Fuel Type, 1980-20304

4. Timeline of Nuclear Energy5 1905 – Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity (E=MC2). 1938 – Scientists Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman document the first successful fission process. 1942 – The world’s first self-sustaining nuclear reaction occurs in Chicago. 1954 - The first nuclear power station became operational in Soviet Union6.

5. The Equation7