911
When you have or come across an emergency, what is the first thing most people do, or should do? Call 9-1-1! In all emergencies, this is the right thing to do. The following few pages are going to help you better understand some of the concepts, the history, laws, equipment, and more that has ....

A Nuclear Reactor
The term Nuclear Reactor means an interaction between two or more Nuclei, Nuclear Particles, or Radiation, possibly causing transformation of the nuclear type; includes, for example, fission, capture, elastic container. Reactor means the core and its immediate container. Nuclear Reactors are used t....

An Epic Future in Cold Pasteurization
An Epic Future in Cold PasteurizationThe preservation of food is essential to maintain life and growth. Its daily intakes nourish our bodies, providing enzymes, in turn giving us energy. The ability of matter exerts radiation in its domain by means of energy in selected foods. Such rationale deb....

are we star dust
What is a Star? We see many points of light on a clear, dark, moonless night. Some are bright, others barely visible. If we look carefully we can make out colours. The bright star Vega (overhead in the Northern Hemisphere summer) is white; Capella (overhead in the winter) is yellow; Regulus (of Leo....

Australia Needs Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is clean, safe, reliable, compact, competitive and practically inexhaustible. It is the ONLY source of energy that can replace coal, oil and gas, the non-renewable fossil fuel based energy sources in Australia. If we seriously want to prevent climate change, we HAVE to promote the more....

Beryllium
INTRODUCTION: A French chemist, Fredrich Wohler, discovered Beryllium (pronounced beh- RIL I em) in 1797. Beryllium is the second group of the periodic table. The second group is also known as the Alkaline Earth Metals. Some other elements in the alkaline earth metals group are, Magnesium,....

Black Holes
Every day we look out upon the night sky, wondering and dreaming of what lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders, our universe holds a mystery that is ....

cloning
Cloning Cloning has become a fast developing, yet very controversial procedure. Cloning has been defined as the production of one or more individual plants or animals that are genetically identical to another plant or animal. The three different types of cloning include embryo c....

Cloning
Mary-Katherine Wall Cloning Many people are ready to say they are entirely against cloning when they do not fully understand the meaning. Cloning is an identical copy of an organism by copying its genetic material. This happens naturally in single-celled organisms as they reproduce in cell di....

Earth's Atmosphere
THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE 1. GAS IN EARTHS SURFACE NAME OF GAS ABUNDANCE (mol %) INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Most abundant gas Nitrogen 78.09 Fractional distillation of liquid air 2nd most abundant gas Oxygen 20.94 Used in....

energy resources
I am going to discuss, the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels, nuclear power and alternative energy. Another point what I am going to review is Global warming and how it will affect us. Finally, I am going to discuss my views on how we can save energy and what I think the UK should do to u....

GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS:
GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE December 20th 2006 Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The major g....

Good And Bad Sides Of Nuclear Weapons
By: Stan B. Nuclear weapons This essay will talk about nuclear weapons and what they do to the environment .I will give my opinions and supporting opinions on the good and bad sides of nuclear weapons These are all supporting opinions and quotes that support that nuclear weapons are not ....

Industry analysis: uranium mining
The University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business MGST 797.10 Personal skills and Business Acumen Industry Analysis URANIUM MINING 1 Executive Summary During the next 50 years, global population will likely grow from six to nine billion people. With energy demand expected to d....

Is Uranium Sustainable
Is Mining Uranium in Australia Sustainable? Exposure to uranium is signalling a negative impact to our environment. Is mining uranium in Australia sustainable? The answer to this question will emerge after consideration of the environmental impacts of mining uranium, the financial costs in the ....

Mercousr Doing Business Abroad
Doing Business Abroad Worksheet on Commercial Practices BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS The pace in Latin America is traditionally slow especially when negotiations are on their way. Decisions are made at the top. Brazilians, for example, do not like quick, infrequent visits. They like relationsh....

Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear Disarmament As long as there is the possession of nuclear arms, the major leading countries discourage other nations from developing their own nuclear arms. Since the plan was presented in 1946, the United Nations Disarmament Commission handled all nuclear substances peacefully. âAl....

Nuclear Energy
Energy consumption is a necessity in the current day and age. Without it we would not be able to develop and maintain new ways to prolong the average life span. However, there is a catch to modern methods of energy development. Pollution created by energy producing plants has become a major looke....

Nuclear energy as green and sustainable
Global energy consumption is increasing every year. As one of the energy source, nuclear industry is becoming popular to substitutes other energy sources those are not environmentally friendly. However, there are many concerns about nuclear power among the public. Public are concerning about nuclear....

Nuclear Fired Plants vs. Coal Fired Power Plants
There is a huge debate going on in the United States and it is about whether we should build more nuclear fired power plants or coal fired power plants. There are many sides to this argument including issues as big as the having another Chernobyl or Three Mile Island incident and some as minuscule ....

nuclear power
Nuclear Power: A Burden or a Blessing? When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, the world was thrust into the atomic age. Nuclear power had become a reality. It promised to provide clean, efficient energy for centuries to come. Despite all of the promises, nuclear power ....

Nuclear Power
Most of the world's electricity is generated by either thermal or hydroelectric power plants. Thermal power plants use fuel to boil water which makes steam. The steam turns turbines that generate electricity. Hydroelectric power plants use the great force of rushing water from a dam or a w....

Nuclear Power: Contemporary Reactor Technology
Energy and its procurement has been the subject of exhaustive debates in recent history. The subject of these debates has primarily revolved around the sustainability of society with its growing demand for energy. This demand for energy has historically been met with fossil fuels, such as coal and o....

NUCLEAR POWER: IS IT TIME TO RE-ASSESS?
NUCLEAR POWER: IS IT TIME TO REASSESS? INTRODUCTION Though the development of Nuclear Energy as a power generation source did not take place until the mid -1950s; by the mid-1980s1, it seemed highly probable to be destined for an early departure. The two major factors which caused a decline ....

Nuclear Power: The Energy Source of the Future
The concept of nuclear power has both fascinated and terrified people for years. Its incredible potential as an alternative energy source is better understood today, more than ever before, but few people can actually comprehend its full potential and power. Consider that one pound of completely fiss....

Nuclear Powers in Asia
Money is power. And given the United States has the largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) among all civilized nations in the world, the United States has naturally come to the forefront of the global policing system. The flood of cash on which this nation was built is what provided for the huge ....

nuclear reactor
The term Nuclear Reactor means an interaction between two or more Nuclei, Nuclear Particles, or Radiation, possibly causing transformation of the nuclear type; includes, for example, fission, capture, elastic container. Reactor means the core and its immediate container. Nuclear Reactors are us....

Plutonium, Our Country's Only Feasible Solution
Abstract:Should we begin to manufacture one of the most destructive and infamoussubstances on the face on the Earth once again? The engineers say yes, butthe public says no. The United States stopped making this element with theban on manufacturing nuclear weapons. But with the continuing problem wi....

Plutonium, Our Country's Only Feasible Solution
Should we begin to manufacture one of the most destructive and infamous substances on the face on the Earth once again? The engineers say yes, but the public says no. The United States stopped making this element with the ban on manufacturing nuclear weapons. But with the continuing problem with our....

Role of biofertilizer in agriculture
INTRODUCTION Most fertilizers add nitrogen to the soil. This can be done via chemical fertilizers, or through a process called biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). On a worldwide basis it is estimated that about 175 million tons of nitrogen per year is added to soil through biological nitrogen f....

Sodium Sodium (Na)
Sodium has an atomic number of 11 and a mass of about 23g. It is a silvery white-metallic element classified under the alkali metals. Sodium has been known since early times and was used by the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt to make glasses. Sodium is the sixth most common element found on the eart....

Technology is a Pandora's Box
Pandoras Box Technology today is like a Pandoras Box, with both good and bad coming from the newest technological innovations. Some technology can help mankind, cure disease, or feed the hungry. But there is also always a darker side. That same technology that can feed the starving can also b....

The Fate of the World's Future
During the last century, the Earths surface has warmed by more than half a degree. This global warming is a consequence of the greenhouse effect, which is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. These emissions are projected to cause significant global climate changes includ....

The Manhattan Project
On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were an unprecedented....

The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the code name of the U.S.’s attempt to construct an atomic bomb duringWorld War II. It was named after the Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,because a lot of it’s earlier research was done in New York City. An atomic bomb is a wea....

The Universe
What lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders our universe holds a mystery that is very difficult to understand because of the complications that arise ....

U.S. Policy Toward a Nuclear North Korea
U.S. Policy Toward a Nuclear North Korea Current U.S. policy toward North Korea is one of political alienation and economic sanctions, coupled with harsh rhetoric and military intimidation. But has this policy worked? Monti Narayan Datta Issue #67, April 2004 ________________________....

Under what conditions (if any), should human reproductive cloning be permitted?
Kubiak, J.Z. and Johnson, M.H. (2001). Human Infertility, Reproductive Cloning and Nuclear Transfer: a Confusion of Meanings. Bioessays, 23(4), 359-64. This article argues that confusions in the semantic meanings of human reproductive cloning may hinder future scientific progressions to discover ....

War and Terrorism
WAR AND TERRORISM WAR: A contention by force or the art of paralysing the forces of the enemy. It is either public or private. Public war is either civil or national. Civil war is that which is waged between two parties, citizens or members of the same state or nation. National war is a contest b....

werner heisenberg
Most bibliographies of the writings of scientists, especially scientists of the twentieth century, have concentrated upon their technical research reports. Yet most influential twentieth-century scientists have, owing to their scientific stature, exerted considerable influence upon the culture, poli....

Werner Heisenberg and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Werner Heisenberg, born in the dawn of the twentieth century became oneof its greatest physicists; he is also among its most controversial.While still in his early twenties, he was among the handful of bright,young men who created quantum mechanics, the basic physics of the atom,and he became a lead....

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