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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Effective Nuclear Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the core charge of the atom, otherwise termed the nuclear charge.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Fission Energy

For Students 11th - 12th
Resource explains and illustrates nuclear fission energy.
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Msnbc: Putin Urges Iran to Accept Nuclear Proposals

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion about how Vladimir Putin is pressuring Iran to accept the UN security council's nuclear package. States that Russia and China are opposed to sanctions but they will go along with the Security Council if that is what they...
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Site investigates nuclear reactions with a description of how they occur.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactors

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry offers a brief explanation of the uses of nuclear reactors.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
Site explores the history of the first nuclear weapons and the challenges of maintaining these weapons today.
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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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