2. HOW IT ALL STARTED
• In the year 1896 a man named Antoine Henri Becquerel
discovered radioactivity in uranium but never made much of it
until Einstein came up with the theory of Relativity, he
concluded that mass(matter) and energy were two forms of the
same thing. Therefore if we could transform mass into energy
we can liberate huge amounts of energy itself.
• In 1934 Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman had achieved the goal
of splitting an atom, the discovered nuclear fission they had
finally transferred mass into energy just like Einstein said it was
possible to do.
3. THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
• When nuclear fission was discovered and the government had been
informed, they created the “Manhattan project” to produce an atomic bomb
the government spent more than 2 billion dollars on facilities for the project
as well as scientists, engineers, laboratories and building 37 installations in
19 states including Canada. The project was top secret and remained that
was till the task was completed.
4. NUCLEAR BOMBS:-
• Atomic bomb: works by splitting large atomic nuclei (fission) such as uranium or more
usually plutonium, this releases quite a lot of energy.
• Hydrogen bomb: use an atomic bomb to ignite a nuclear fusion bomb - this is fusing
hydrogen Isotopes together to form helium. This releases a lot more energy, especially as
the neutrons released by the fusion part of the bomb makes the fission part more efficient.
8. NUCLEAR POWER IS GOOD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT
• Nuclear power “Clean energy”
• 1) Air Emissions: Nuclear power plants do not emit carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or
nitrogen oxides as part of the power generation process
• 2) Water Resource Use: Nuclear power plants use large quantities of water for steam
production and for cooling “Renewable”
• 3) It produce 10x more electricity than normal ways.
9. HARMFUL WASTE OF NUCLEAR
• 1) Water Discharges: Heavy metals and salts build up in the water used in all power plant
systems, including nuclear ones.
• 2) radioactive waste: Every 18 to 24 months, nuclear power plants must shut down to
remove and replace the "spent" uranium fuel.
