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Radiation (Nuclear Power)

Radiation (Nuclear Power)( )
Author: Mahaffey,
ISBN:978-0-8160-7652-9
Publication Date:Jan 2012
Publisher:Facts On File, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $45.00USD $45.00
Book Description:

The most dangerous component of nuclear science has always seemed to be radiation, the bio-destructive byproduct of fission. The act of fissioning a uranium or plutonium nucleus releases energy, and about 10 percent of this energy is in the form of intense, penetrating radiation. The entire measure of energy from fission can take thousands of years to fully materialize, and therein lies the problem. Long after the fission has occurred to produce power in a nuclear reactor, the power...
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Pages:168
Detailed Subjects: Science / Radiation



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