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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Fusion Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief explanation of nuclear fusion power which offers the promise of an almost inexhaustible source of energy for future generations if the reactors can be made to work.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Energy Levels

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief explanation of nuclear energy levels whose location and properties are governed by the rules of quantum mechanics.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactor Accidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the nuclear reactor accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and learn about their serious impacts.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nobel Prizes in Nuclear Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a list of Nobel Prize winners in the field of nuclear science that includes the discoveries of spontaneous radioactivity, radium, and the neutron.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Misconceptions About Nuclear Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This site sets the record straight on some common misconceptions about Nuclear Science.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Phases of Nuclear Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief exploration of the states or phases of nuclear matter.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Dna and Nuclear Division

For Students 9th - 10th
A worksheet and comprehensive notes covering DNA and Nuclear Division.
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Dundee Medical Physics: Nuclear Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief explanation of the field of nuclear medicine, followed with the various procedures and capabilities at Dundee.
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: Fusion Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of background information on nuclear fusion and its potential use as a commercial energy resource. The advantages of nuclear fusion over other resources, the conditions required for its successful implementation and the future...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Forties: War and Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the design of the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi and his successful development of a self-ustaining nuclear chain reaction. Describes the evolution of the Manhattan Project and their race to develop the first atomic...
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MadSci Network

Msn: What Are the Effects of a Hydrogen Bomb?

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page describes some potential effects of a nuclear explosion. The possibilities of tidal waves, earthquakes and radiation-related damages are discussed.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Quake Leaves Destruction, Fear

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the triple disaster that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, with first an earthquake, then a tsunami, followed by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Explains some of the basic science behind nuclear fission.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Graphite Reactor

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the world's first nuclear reactor and the role which it played in the Manhattan Project. Also discussed are topics such as the goal of plutonium development for nuclear weapons, the goals of the top-secret,...
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Lcid: Comparison of Fission and Fusion Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Science Teacher's Resource Center. A data sheet tabulating the many differences between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Technical information about the nuclear reactions, the mass defect, isotope masses, etc. is included.
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Outrider: Nuclear History: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline with primary source documents and photos of the invention and use of the atomic bomb during World War II. Links to additional information and videos are also provided.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Avoiding Armageddon: Laws of Disarmament and Nonproliferation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for learning about nuclear weapons and nonproliferation agreements. Takes young scholars through the process of comparing and contrasting various treaties and of evaluating their relative successes and failures. Includes a...

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