Begin our unit on Nuclear
Radiation: Alpha, Beta, Gamma
Fusion vs Fission
Fusion occurs on the sun at very high temperatures (T = 6 million Celsius) melts or fuses together small hydrogen atoms to Helium with no radioactive waste.
Fission uses neutrons to split large atoms of uranium into daughter isotopes of Kr and Ba expelling additional neutrons to start a chain reaction.
Fission can be controlled using boron control rods that absorb neutrons.
Nuclear waste with very long half-lives is a by-product of nuclear energy.
Discussed the nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukashima.
Nuclear Power - fission vs fusion
Design of nuclear Power Plants
Time to work on nuclear decay series in class
ALL other videos below are for your reference if you want to learn more about Chernobyl or Fukashima.