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Atomic Archive

Nuclear Fusion: The Hydrogen Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the couple that follow from it) describe the use of fusion reactions in a hydrogen bomb. A schematic diagram of an H-bomb is given and discussed....
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Activity
Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Example Scenario: New York Example

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the several that follow from it) paint a picture of the events which would occur if an H-bomb was dropped pon New York City. The effect of the...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Forties: War and Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the design of the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi and his successful development of a self-ustaining nuclear chain reaction. Describes the evolution of the Manhattan Project and their race to develop the first atomic...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Survive Nuclear Fallout?

For Students 9th - 10th
Brooke Buddemeier and Jessica S. Wieder explore the possibility of surviving nuclear detonation.