Roddy Nuclear and the Chamber of Power

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Roddy Nuclear and the Chamber of Power

• Your Name
• North American Young Generation in Nuclear
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7th NA-YGN Drawing Contest

• Topic Roddy Nuclear Helps Keep the Lights On
• Prize
• For the Library of the School
• Collection of books and reference materials on
  Nuclear Science and Technology.
• For the winners
• First Prize 100 USD Savings Bond
• Second Third Prize 50 USD Savings Bond
• NA-YGN T-Shirt and pin.
• Deadline Friday November 4th, 2005
• North American Young Generation in Nuclear
• www.na-ygn.org

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7th NA-YGN Drawing Contest

• Winners will be chosen during the
• 2005 ANS Meeting in Washington DC
• November 13-17, 2005
• Drawings Size Letter size (11 x 8.5)
• In the back of the drawing write
• Your name
• Your age and grade
• Your school the name of your teacher
• North American Young Generation in Nuclear
• www.na-ygn.org

Contestants are aware that the North American
Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) is a
non-for-profit organization, one of whose goals
is to communicate the public about the many ways
in which nuclear science and technology have a
positive impact in their daily lives and make
important and valuable contributions to our
society. By participating in the contest,
contestants grant the North American Young
Generation in Nuclear the right to print,
publish, broadcast and use worldwide in any media
now known or hereafter developed, including,
without limitation, the World Wide Web, at any
time or times, the drawing and the contestants
name, as news or for public information and
education on the benefits of the peaceful
applications of nuclear science and technology
without additional consideration or compensation.
The drawing becomes the property of the North
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be returned.
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Hello!!! My name is Roddy Nuclear I am a nuclear
fuel pellet I am very small, but I have a lot
of power!! Let me tell you about the many ways
in which my nuclear friends and I make your life
easier every day!
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We enjoy all the advantages of
modern technology To maintain the standard of
living that we all enjoy in North America we
need ELECTRICITY
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But where does electricity come from?
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Electricity Production
Electricity is usually generated by a moving
fluid turning a turbine. The turbine powers the
electric generator.
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• What can we use to make the turbine spin??

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We can use...

• Wind
• Water
• Steam
• water boiled with
• Coal
• Oil
• Gas
• Nuclear Power

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Wind Power
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Hydroelectric Power
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Coal Power
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Natural Gas
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Nuclear Power
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Solar Energy
but it does not always work by spinning a
turbine
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Electric Power in the US
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In a nuclear plant we use the enormous power of
a bunch of fuel pellets like me to boil the
water that will make steam to spin the turbine
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What is Nuclear Fission?

• If the nucleus of a heavy atom (such as Uranium)
  absorbs a neutron, the nucleus can become
  unstable and split.
• This is called NUCLEAR FISSION.

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The nucleus splits in two halves and releases
some neutrons, and radiation
During fission there is also a small loss of
mass, that is transformed into ENERGY, which is
released also.
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Typical Nuclear Reactor
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• Nuclear Power produces electricity without
  emitting
• Greenhouse Gases
• CO2
• Acid Rain Gases
• SO2
• NOx
• particulates
• Mercury
• Ozone

In 2004, in the US all the NPP produced 788.6
billion kWh
Over 700 million tons of CO2 AVOIDED
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• If all the electricity YOU use in ONE YEAR was
  produced with nuclear power ONLY the total
• amount of waste produced
• would
• Weight one golf ball
• Volume two wooden pencils

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• Do you know any other uses of nuclear science?

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Home

• Smoke detectors

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Nuclear Medicine

• Detect diseases
• X- ray
• PET scanner
• radio-pharmaceuticals nuclear tracers
• Cure diseases (e.g. cancer)

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Other Uses in Medicine

• Improve hip knee implants

• Batteries for pacemakers

• Sterilize medical equipment

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Nuclear Science can improve the food you eat
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Food Irradiation

• Eliminate harmful germs from food
• E. Coli
• Salmonella
• Make food last longer
• Limit the use of artificial food preservatives
• uw-food-irradiation.engr.wisc.edu
  

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Agriculture

• Use less chemical fertilizers
• The crops absorb water and nutrients more
  efficiently.
• Use less pesticides
• Insects cannot breed.
• www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/dx/

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Space Exploration

• To power spaceships and space stations as well as
  their instrumentation
• RTG batteries
• Fission Power
• Propulsion Systems
• To make sure that Astronauts food is safe
• Food irradiation

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Nuclear Micro-batteries

• To power tiny MEMS devices that are used as
  sensors and detectors in a large number of
  applications.

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Geology Archeology

• How old are those dinosaur bones?

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Geology Archeology
Did Michelangelo really paint that?
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Nuclear Science is used every day in a lot of
industries and fields.
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Nuclear Science and Technology is so cool!!!

• Produces electricity without polluting the earth
• Improves our health
• Enhances our quality of life
• Safer food
• Safer homes
• Enables scientific discovery
• Explore our past
• Discover a better future

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It was really nice to talk to you about Nuclear
Science If you have questions visit www.na-ygn.or
g Bye Bye!!
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Acknowledgment

• NA-YGN wants to thank Isabel Arechabala and Foro
  de la Industria Nuclear Española
  (www.foronuclear.org) for the use of the
  drawings of Roddy Nuclear.