Logarithms
Nuclear Waste
What is Nuclear Waste?
- Material that nuclear fuel becomes after used in a reactor
- Can be used in making of nuclear bombs
Radioactive Isotopes (Unstable Elements)
- Degrade over time
- Give off energy - dangerous for living organisms
- Some of this energy can be recycled and used
Plutonium 239
- Man-Made from nuclear reactors (Nuclear Waste)
- Used in production of nuclear bombs
- Half-life - 24,000 years (How long it take to lose half of the energy from material)