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This wiki is being developed as a class project on nuclear chemistry in my AP Chemistry class. The class will be creating a class wiki page on general nuclear chemistry topics and then will be divided into four groups to complete a group project based on a fictional scenario involving the building of a nuclear power facility in our small community. Each group will then develop a wiki page representing their side of this issue. Through out this project, we will also be engaging in some on-line discussions about nuclear science using the discussion feature of this wiki space.

The AP Chemistry Class visits the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor on May 20, 2008



Upon completion of this project, visitors to this wiki should:

• Understand the principle of the conservation of mass and energy.

• Know what the zone of nuclear stability is.

• Know what alpha, beta and gamma radiation is composed of.

• Be able to predict products in a radioactive disintegration series.

• Be capable of predicting products in nuclear transmutation reactions.

• Know what a Geiger counter is.

• Understand the reasons for and causes of radiation sickness.

• Be able to define background radiation.

• Know basic, non-lethal, productive applications of radioactivity.

• Understand the difference between Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion.

• Know how nuclear fission produces electrical energy in a nuclear power plant.

• Understand the basic safety features of nuclear reactors.

Click below to see the group assignment document.

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