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Nuclear

Technology
Ahmad Lutfi
Aldo Rifki Putra
Noor Iman Permana
Herdian S.
Sylvia Maesza Octaviany
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History and scientific background
Nuclear Weapons
Civilian uses
Accidents

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History and scientific
Background
Discovery:
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The vast majority of Second level
common, natural Third level

Fourth level

Fifth level
phenomena do not

involve nuclear
reactions. Most
everyday
phenomena
only involve gravity
and
Nuclear Weapons
Click to edit Master text styles Nuclear power is a
Second level type of nuclear
● Third level
Fourth level
● technology
Fifth level

involving the
controlled use of
nuclear fission to
release energy for
work including
propulsion, heat,
and the generation
of electricity.
Nuclear energy is
Civilian uses
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Second level
● Third level
● Fourth level
● Fifth level

A. Nuclear power
B. Medical applications
C. Industrial applications
D. Commercial applications
E. Food processing and agriculture
Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is a Currently nuclear
type of nuclear power provides
technology approximately
involving the 15.7% of the
controlled use of world's electricity
nuclear fission to (in 2004) and is
release energy for used to propel
work including aircraft carriers,
propulsion, heat, icebreakers and
and the generation submarines
of electricity.
Nuclear energy is
Medical applications
The medical
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Second level nuclear technology
● Third level are divided into
Fourth level
diagnostics and

● Fifth level

radiation treatment.
Imaging - medical
and dental x-ray
imagers use of
Cobalt-60 or other
x-ray sources.
Technetium-99m is
Industrial applications
Oil and Gas
Exploration- Nuclear
well logging is used
to help predict the
commercial viability
of new or existing
Road Construction - wells. The
Nuclear technology involves
moisture/density the use of a neutron
gauges are used to or gamma-ray
determine the source and a
density of soils, radiation detector
Commercial
applications
An ionization Click to edit Master text styles
smoke detector Second level
Third level
includes a tiny mass

Fourth level

of radioactive Fifth level


americium-241,
which is a source of
alpha radiation.
Tritium is used with
phosphor in rifle
sights to increase
nighttime firing
accuracy.
Food processing and
agriculture
Food irradiation is The genuine effect
the process of of processing food
exposing food to by ionizing radiation
ionizing radiation in relates to damages
order to destroy to the DNA, the
microorganisms, basic genetic
bacteria, viruses, or information for life.
insects that might Microorganisms can
be present in the no longer
food. The radiation proliferate and
sources used continue their
include radioisotope malignant or
Accidents
Nuclear accidents,
because of the
powerful forces
involved, are often
very dangerous.
Historically, the first
incidents involved
fatal
radiation exposure.
Marie Curie died
from
aplastic anemia
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