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A CITY THAT WASA CITY THAT WASBy: Mikey, Andrew, Greta, Naweed, and Daniel

A CITY THAT WASA CITY THAT WASBy: Mikey, Andrew, Greta, Naweed, and Daniel

What Happened?

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Inadequate personnel

Reactor malfunction

Release of radioactive material

Aftermath of the disaster…

Radioactive fallout in Europe

Caused cancer in survivors

Recent radioactive release

NSC built over shelter

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Are we okay?! 4,500 miles away

Radiation contained within Europe

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Chernobyl Reporting…

Reported by Swedish monitoring stations

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Russian Response…

Evacuated people from homes

Contained nuclear waste

Unsuccessful

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Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

Very safeWell trained staff

Containment structure

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Terminology 1)Nuclear power uses nuclear fission to heat water into pressurized steam, which turns a turbine generator

creating electricity. 2) Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction that occurs when a nucleus splits into smaller nuclei, and

releases gamma radiation. 3) Radiation sickness occurs when someone is exposed to radiation; it causes damage to blood cells, and

symptoms include nausea, vomiting, fever, weakness, fatigue, hair loss, and is often fatal. 4) Scram is "an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor", its an acronym for "safety control rod axe men". 5) A steam turbine creates power when steam, (vaporized water) hits blades on a wheel, causing it to

rotate rapidly, creating power. 6) Core meltdown is when the reactor core cooling fails, and the emergency core cooling fails, the core

heats up until it’s a "molten mass". 7) "Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element". It is primarily created in nuclear reactor, and is

shiny and tarnishes easily. 8)A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained

at a steady rate. 9)Decontamination is the process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous

materials. 10)Radioactive exposure, also called radiological contamination, is the uncontrolled distribution of

radioactive material in a given environment. 11)Cesium 137 is a radioactive isotope of cesium, which is formed mainly as a fission product by nuclear

fission. It has a half-life of 30.07 years, and decays by beta decay. 12)Strontium 90 is a radioactive isotope of strontium, with a half-life of 28.8 years. 13)A containment vessel consists of a barrier that successively includes fuel cladding, primary vessels,

and thick shielding. As a final barrier, the reactor is housed in a containment structure. 14)There are several types of graphite moderated nuclear reactors that have been used in commercial

electricity generation.

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Nuclear Equations

23692 U

42 He

23290 Th

13554 Xe

0-1 e

13555 Cs