The history of nuclear fission

Nuclear Power ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
History Of

The history of the discovery of nuclear fission

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack E. Fergusson
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
History Of

Nuclear and chemical characterization of heavy actinides

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (9-11) ◽  
pp. 803-819
Author(s):  
Yuichiro Nagame
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Heavy Nuclei ◽  
Nuclear Decay ◽  
Decay Properties ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Chemical Properties

Abstract Recent progress in the production of heavy nuclei far from stability and in the studies of nuclear and chemical properties of heavy actinides is briefly reviewed. Exotic nuclear decay properties including nuclear fission of heavy nuclei, measurements of first ionization potentials of heavy actinides, and redox studies of heavy actinides are described. Brief history of discovery of the transuranium elements is also presented.

scholarly journals The History of ASTIN. Invited Lecture at the 50 Years Anniversary of ASTIN

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bühlmann
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Atomic Bomb ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Numerical Integrator ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bad Weather ◽  
First Time

“War is the father of all things”. This sentence of Heraklit (between 540 and 535 BC) has a lot of truth in general. I am quoting it in connection with World War II (1939-1945) and inventions originating in this period.The best known examples of inventions (or first practical use of such invention) are• Nuclear Fission leading to the construction of the atomic bomb and nuclear reactors,• The Programmable Electronic Computer. Best known is the machine of John von Neumann as Los Alamos: Mathematical Analyser Numerical Integrator and Computer (MANIAC),• Radar to guide the airplanes particularly at night and in bad weather conditions,• Penicillin to fight bacteriological diseases.Some of these inventions relied on original discoveries already made before the war, but during the war they were for the first time used on a large scale.

Nuclear Fission in the Early History of the Earth

Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 187 (4731) ◽  
pp. 36-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. KURODA
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Early History ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The History of ASTIN. Invited Lecture at the 50 Years Anniversary of ASTIN

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (02) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bühlmann
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Atomic Bomb ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Numerical Integrator ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bad Weather ◽  
First Time

“War is the father of all things”. This sentence of Heraklit (between 540 and 535 BC) has a lot of truth in general. I am quoting it in connection with World War II (1939-1945) and inventions originating in this period. The best known examples of inventions (or first practical use of such invention) are • Nuclear Fission leading to the construction of the atomic bomb and nuclear reactors, • The Programmable Electronic Computer. Best known is the machine of John von Neumann as Los Alamos: Mathematical Analyser Numerical Integrator and Computer (MANIAC), • Radar to guide the airplanes particularly at night and in bad weather conditions, • Penicillin to fight bacteriological diseases. Some of these inventions relied on original discoveries already made before the war, but during the war they were for the first time used on a large scale.

scholarly journals THE FUTURE OF ENERGY FROM A BIOLOGICAL ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE

2006 ◽  
Vol 06 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Justin BUCK ◽  
Marcio VON MUHLEN
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Biologically Inspired ◽  
Renewable Biomass ◽  
History Of ◽  
Primary Origin ◽  
Hydroelectric Plants ◽  
Run Up

The challenge of supplying the world with cheap, abundant and reliable energy will no doubt mark the history of the 21st century. Momentarily sidelined by 10 dollar barrels of crude oil in the 1990’s, the recent run-up in oil prices coupled with the increasingly appreciated oncoming crisis of global warming demands serious consideration for alternative and still highly speculative energy solutions. We believe that maturing technologies in genetics and molecular biology are opening the door for highly efficient biologically inspired energy sources. Humans have in a way exploited biological fuels for all of recorded history, burning organic materials from renewable (biomass) to limited (fossil fuels) whose primary origin could be traced to solar energy. At present we are in large part dependent on these biological mechanisms that transform solar energy to more useful forms, supplanted in part by modern energy converters such as solar panels, hydroelectric plants and a few solar-independent sources such as nuclear fission.

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