Annotated Sources

 

Macaulay, D. (1988). The Way Things Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

^ Easy to understand descriptions of fusion, fission, power plants, nuclear weapons. Gives a good basis of information to expand upon.

 

Nuclear fission: basics. (n.d.). Retrieved Apr. 15, 2006, from atomicarchive.com Web site: http://www.atomicarchive.com/Fission/Fission1.shtml.

^ Advanced explanation of nuclear fission. Talks about specifics on how many free neutrons can start chain reactions without the reaction dying out or turning into an explosion.

 

"Orders of magnitude (mass)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 12 Apr 2006, 01:35 UTC. 15 Apr 2006, 15:24 < http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_%28mass%29&oldid=48050812 >.

^Masses of atoms used in the creation of nuclear energy

 

Nuclear fusion slideshow. (n.d.). Retrieved Apr. 15, 2006, from Fusion Education Web site: http://fusioned.gat.com/slideshow.html.

^ Great description of fusion, its advantages and disadvantages, and its comparison to other types of energy creation

 

Petit, C (April 2006). Nuclear Comeback. National Geographic, 53-63.

^ Issue with an article on nuclear energy and the reasons why people are starting to make more nuclear power plants/ why they should be considering it.

 

Cabreza, N Nuclear Power vs. Other Sources of Power. Retrieved Apr. 24, 2006, from UC Berkley Nuclear Engineering Web site: http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/thyd/ne161/ncabreza/sources.html

^Describes the environmental and safety aspects of nuclear energy

 

Image resources

http://www.nuclear-free.com/thomas/ohu.jpg

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t070/t070469a.jpg

http://www.aaenvironment.com/Pictures/IndianPoint1.jpg

http://www.greendiary.com/images/nuclear_power_plant5.jpg

all other images in the video made by Andrea Creighton