A Project Researching Nuclear Science, Radioactivity and the Effects of Contamination.
My research is still continuing so any errors in facts and figures will be corrected shortly. If you have any questions, answers or information to share, please contact me. Thanks.
In the 1920's and 30's small amounts of radiation was considered good enough for us for Radium to actually become a fashionable brand name, used on many every day house hold products. Here Dr Paul Frame explains how to go about adding Radium ore to water with the intention of drinking it afterwards.
Extract taken from the BBC's Horizon documentary "Nuclear Nightmares".
v.t pollute, esp. with radioactivity; infect; hence ~ ANT, ~ A'TION, ns [f. L contaminare(CON-,tamen-rel. to tangere touch) +-ATE3]
nū'clėar
a. of, relating to, constituting, a nucleus; using nuclear energy.
Uranium
Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth and is named after the Planet Uranus which had been discovered 8 years previously. Uranium is a silvery gray metal usually found in soil, rock and water. It's about 70% heavier than lead, and is only slightly radioactive.
Plutonium
Plutonium is more Radioactive than Uranium and is silvery white in appearance. It is perhaps more suitable an element to use for weapons production.
scĪ'ence
n. 1. (arch.) knowledge. 2. systematic and formulated knowledge
ĕ'nergý
n. 1. force, vigour, (of speech, action, person etc.); active operation; (in pl.) individual powers in use. ability. 2. (Phys.) ability of matter or radiation to do work; electric charge.
rādĭōă'ctive
a. of or exhibiting radioactivity. [f. prec.+ ACTIVE
rādĭōăctĭ'vĭtŷ
property of spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei usu. with emission of penetrating radiation or particles
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts.
Radium
radioactive metalic element obtained from pitchblende etc. used especially in luminous materials and in Radio-therapy
Sarcophagus
sar-coph-a-gus Literally translated | Flesh eating stone From the Greek and Latin words Lithos & Lapis; Phagein - to eat. Limestone used for coffins, enabling the decomposition of flesh within it. Used in ancient Egypt and also for the concrete cover to the Nuclear Reactor number 4 after the Chernobyl accident.