URANIUM :

• Who's got what ? - interactive map (sciencemuseum.org.uk)

  

 

• 'Uranium rush' prompts Grand Canyon fears 
  "A new "gold rush" is under way in the American West, but this time the prospectors are out for another metal: uranium.
  The Grand Canyon region in the US state of Arizona holds one of the nation's largest concentrations of high grade uranium, the fuel for nuclear power."
  + VIDEOS
  (BBC)

  
  
  
  Do uranium mines belong near Grand Canyon?
  "Mining companies stake claims on federal land adjoining the park, while opponents say drinking water will be at risk."
  (csmonitor.com)

  
  
  See Grand Canyon

 

• The Nuclear Fuel Cycle (world-nuclear.org)
  

  

 

• What is uranium? How does it work? (world-nuclear.org)
  
  
  
• Uranium - From Ore to Reactor Fuel (web.ead.anl.gov)

  
  

RADIOACTIVITY :

• Radiation Dose Chart (xkcd.com)

  
  
  

• JAPAN QUAKE - March 2011

  • Marine life soaking up radiation along Fukushima coast - May 26, 2011
    "The new data shows that some seaweed contamination levels are not only 50 times higher than safety limits – far higher than our initial measurements showed – but also that the contamination is spreading over a wide area, and accumulating in sea life..."
    (greenpeace.org)

    
    
    

  • Huge blast at Japan nuclear power plant - Article + Video
    "The government of Fukushima prefecture said radiation levels at the plant over one hour were equivalent to the annual allowable exposure...
    Containers of uranium fuel inside the reactor may have begun melting...
    The explosion was most likely caused by melting fuel coming into contact with water."
    (BBC)

    
    A blast at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant

     

    The nuclear fuel cycle
    (BBC)

    

    
    
    

• Nuclear veterans win right to sue - with a VIDEO
  "Ex-servicemen who took part in nuclear tests in the 1950s have won the right to sue the government for compensation.
  More than 1,000 men say they and their families have suffered ill-health following the nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific...
  The men want compensation for illnesses, including cancer, skin defects and fertility problems which they claim are the result of exposure to radiation
  during nuclear bomb testing."
  (BBC)

 

• Radioactive decay (Wikipedia)
  It "is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or electromagnetic waves."
  
  
  

 

• The diagram shows the course radioactive substances follow from mining through disposal. (ratical.org)
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Sources of exposure for man (installationsclassees.ecologie.gouv.fr)
  
  

 

• Illustration of some of the pathways for radionuclides from the nuclear industry to your body (animatedsoftware.com)
  
  
  

 

• Radioactivity in the oceans (oceansatlas.org)
  
  

NUCLEAR ENERGY :

• Top Countries with Nuclear weapons infographic (visual.ly)
  
  
  
  

• Wiltshire's Underground City - FOR SALE
  "Burlington: The 35 acre, secret subterranean Cold War City that lies 100 feet beneath Corsham...
  Built in the late 50s this massive city complex was designed to safely house up to 4,000 central Government personnel in the event of a nuclear strike.
  In a former Bath stone quarry the city, code named Burlington, was to be the site of the main Emergency Government War Headquarters
  - the hub of the Country’s alternative seat of power outside London."
  + Gallery + Interactive map + Video tour
  

   

• Los Alamos nuclear lab: New Mexico fire forces closure with a video - 28 June 2011
  "One of the top nuclear weapons research facilities in the US will remain closed until Thursday as fire fighters battle a wildfire raging at its boundary... The lab employs about 11,800 people, and about 12,000 people live in the town of Los Alamos."
  (BBC)

  Wildfire reaches boundary of Los Alamos nuclear lab

  
  

   

• Germany: Nuclear power plants to close by 2022
  "The decision makes Germany the biggest industrial power to announce plans to give up nuclear energy...
  you can base your energy policy not on nuclear, not on coal, but on renewables."
  (BBC)
  
  Germany To Close All Nuclear Power Plants (31st May, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• A cloud of nuclear mistrust spreads around the world - 16 March 2011 - Special report by Michael McCarthy.
  "After decades of lies, nuclear reassurances now fall on deaf ears."
  (independent.co.uk)

   

• Nuclear Power Plants (45nuclearplants.com)
  

  • Video: Does the world need Nuclear Energy?
  • Nuclear Reactor Designs
  • Nuclear Energy Safety
  • Nuclear Energy around the world
  • Nuclear Energy News & Video
  • Japan Nuclear Meltdown News

  "Ever wonder how a nuclear reactor works?
  Here are some graphics that will quickly bring you up to speed on how electric generation works using nuclear fuel."

  Animation

   

• Explainer: How a nuclear reactor works - interactive (cnn.com)

  
  
  

• Nuclear Treaty - interactive - with a timeline (hosted.ap.org)

  

 

• Q&A: Nuclear disarmament
  "In 2010, the next five-yearly review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will be held. President Obama has spoken of his hopes for a nuclear-weapons free world.

  Is a nuclear-weapons free world possible?
  What do nuclear-weapon states say?
  What weapons have the nuclear states given up?..."
  (BBC)

• Guide: Global nuclear powers - with a map
  (BBC)

• Timeline: Nuclear Power (BBC)

 

• Nuclear energy (Wikipedia)

 

• Nuclear use locations world map (commons.wikimedia.org)

  Nuclear reactors of the world (incontiguousbrick.wordpress.com)

  
  
  
  
• Diagram of a Nuclear Power Plant (freeinfosociety.com)
  
  

 

• How Nuclear Power Works (howstuffworks.com)
  Introduction to How Nuclear Power Work
  Nuclear Fission
  Inside a Nuclear Power Plant
  Outside a Nuclear Power Plant
  Subcriticality, Criticality and Supercriticality
  Problems with Nuclear Power Plants
  - with a VIDEO
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Atomic Archive (atomicarchive.com)
  Biographies - Documents - Treaties - Photographs - Videos - Maps - Glossary -
  Nuclear Data - Timeline - Nuclear Fission - Nuclear Fusion
  
  

 

• Production of electricity from nuclear energy
  "A nuclear fission chain reaction is started and controlled inside the reactor to produce electricity."
  - with a PICTURE
  
  

 

• Existing radioactive waste disposal and proposal alternatives for storage (maps.grida.no)
  
  

 

• Nuclear blast (ready.gov) - UPDATED
  "A nuclear blast is an explosion with intense light and heat, a damaging pressure wave and widespread radioactive material that can contaminate the air, water and ground surfaces for miles around. During a nuclear incident, it is important to avoid radioactive material, if possible. While experts may predict at this time that a nuclear attack is less likely than other types, terrorism by its nature is unpredictable..."

 

• The Eleven Steps to Survival (survivalprimer.com)
  1. Know the effects of nuclear explosions.
  2. Know the facts about radioactive fallout.
  3. Know the warning signal and have a battery-powered radio.
  4. Know how to take shelter.
  5. Have fourteen days emergency supplies.
  6. Know how to prevent and fight fires.
  7. Know first aid and home nursing.
  8. Know emergency cleanliness.
  9. Know how to get rid of radioactive dust.
  10. Know your municipal plans.
  11. Have a plan for your family and yourself.
  
  

 

• Nuclear Blast Mapper (PBS)
  "will show you how terribly destructive thermonuclear weapons are.
  Choose a Weapon / Enter Location of Target / DETONATE!"
  
  

 

• Nuclear accidents - un schéma (mp-docker.demon.co.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Nuclear accidents (factmonster.com)
  "Though nuclear power is a good source of energy and is generally not a threat, there have been instances when security measures have failed.
  Nuclear meltdowns can cause dangerous radiation to escape into the surrounding environment."

 

• Chernobyl's story - From the explosion to the environment - the disaster explained (BBC)

  

 

• Nuclear leak pollutes water - July 13, 2008 (brisbanetimes.com.au)
  "A NUCLEAR power plant (Tricastin) in a tourist region of southern France has been closed after a uranium leak polluted the local water supply..."

 

• Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy (freeinfosociety.com)
  
  
  
  

VOCABULARY :

Better Homes & Bunkers: The Fallout Shelter for the Nuclear Family "The family fallout shelter’s ostensible purpose — to ensure survival during and after a nuclear attack — was impossible to achieve. That wasn’t why it was created. It was part of the propaganda campaign to convince the American people that they could survive a nuclear war... In 1959, the government published and distributed millions of copies of a 32-page booklet called The Family Fallout Shelter. It included step-by-step instructions for building the Concrete Block Shelter, a cube constructed of concrete block and mortar."  (observatory.designobserver.com)

PICTURES :

• Nuclear explosion / Atomic bomb
  

  

  
  
• Radioactive

  

• Des activistes de Greenpeace
  "installent 200 croix dans le golfe de Corinthe pour protester contre l'installation d'une nouvelle centrale nucléaire, Grèce, le 30 septembre 2008."
  (kiwisland.fr)

  

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES :

• Radioactivity quiz (library.thinkquest.org)

DEBATES :

• Special report : NUCLEAR ENERGY
  "25 years after Chernobyl, a nuclear crisis confronts Japan. We examine the pros and cons of our nuclear world...
  Explore our global database of nuclear reactors."
  + Featured Stories
  + Timeline of Nuclear History - interactive
  (voanews.com)

  

• The Nuclear Debate
  "Following the radiation leak at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, caused by the terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on 11th March, this lesson discusses some of the pros and cons of nuclear power."
  (insideout.net)
  
  
• Energy Crisis: Nuclear vs Renewable Sources
  Summary:
  "Is nuclear power the best way to meet the ever-increasing energy needs of the planet, or do alternative energy sources provide a viable alternative?"
  (idebate.org)

LESSON PLANS :

• Germany To Close All Nuclear Power Plants (31st May, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  
  See Nuclear energy

CARTOONS :

		Radiation worries - Cartoons (cagle.com)
We're safe, clean and sound (cagle.com)	'Careful dear, that bullet might contain depleted uranium!' (cartoonstock.com)	Dog looking at reflection of death in industrial waste (cartoonstock.com)

SONGS :

• Radioactivity by Kraftwerk + the VIDEO (YouTube)
  "Radioactivity is in the air for you and me
  Radioactivity discovered by Madame Curie"
  (sing365.com)
  
  
  
• Songs About Nuclear War from the Eighties - list (inthe80s)

VIDEOS :

• Reuters Video: Activists chained to German railtrack
  "Greenpeace activists chain themselves to a railway track in protest against a nuclear waste transport train in Germany."
  VIDEO + TRANSCRIPT+ LINKS
  (englishblog.com)
  
  
  
• Ed Sullivan’s Nuclear Apocalypse Cartoon - 'A Short Vision'
  "In 1956 The Ed Sullivan Show once ran a cartoon depicting the effects of a nuclear bomb.
  His unsuspecting audience was treated to a trippy, surreal animation that features a man’s face being melted off and the onslaught of nuclear devastation on the earth."
  (neatorama.com)
  Watch the video.
  "The film is composed mostly of still drawings, creating a terrifying effect amplified by a sombre commentary spoken in the style of the Bible..."
  (YouTube)

• Newsy Video: The 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl
  "25 years after the  Chernobyl nuclear accident, a look back at the long-term effects and what we've learned."
  View transcript >>
  + LINKS
  (jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

  

• Newsy Video: Japanese Nuclear Workers—We Know We Will Die
  "Japanese nuclear workers have come out and said they know they could die from radiation within years—or even weeks—from cancer. 
  View transcript >> " + LINKS
  (jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

  
  
  

• 'Nuclear Boy' Cartoon Explains Japan's Nuclear Crisis To Kids (Video)
  "The animation personifies the nuclear plant in Fukushima as a sick child."
  (huffingtonpost.com)

  

• Nuclear power: is the alternative energy source worth the risks?
  "Could, and should, nuclear energy break America’s dependence on black gold?
  Lori Harfenist talked to people on the streets of New York about the pros and cons of nuclear power."
  (rt.com)

  

• Nuclear bomb shelter for sale in Devon
  "The strongest privately-owned bomb shelter in Britain could be yours for £350,000. Owner Mike Thomas gives prospective buyers a guided tour...
  The 300 sq ft cavern has concrete walls which are 32 inches thick and enough food and water to sustain his family for a month. "
  (telegraph.co.uk)

CINEMA :

• Dirty War
   "is a 2004 BBC, in association with HBO Films, made-for-TV movie thriller/drama about a terrorist attack on Central London, written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival...
  The film opens with a June 2003 quote from E. Manningham Buller, director general (DG) of MI5: "It will only be a matter of time before a crude chemical, biological or radiological (CBRN) attack is launched on a major western city" and provides the basic premise for the film.
  The film follows the journey of radioactive material, hidden in vegetable oil containers, from Habiller, Turkey (~210 km west of Istanbul) through Sofia, Bulgaria, to Deptford, to an East End Indian food takeawayrestaurant, and to a rented house in Willesden, where it assembled into a dirty bomb...
  The film is considered an accurate portrayal of a potential radiological terrorist attack with subsequent emergency response.
  As such, the film has been used to train first-responders in the US who may be called upon to respond to similar incidents."
  (Wikipedia)

• Into Eternity 
  "is a feature documentary film directed by Danish director Michael Madsen, released in 2010.[1] 
  It follows the digging and pre-implementation of the Onkalo nuclear waste repository on the island of Olkiluoto, Finland.
  Director Michael Madsen questions Onkalo's intended eternal existence, addressing an audience in the remote future.
  Into Eternity raises the question of the authorities' responsibility of ensuring compliance with relatively new safety criteria legislation and the principles at the core of nuclear waste management...
  Into Eternity is the only full-length documentary about nuclear waste repository solutions...
  This film explores the question of preparing the site so that it is not disturbed for 100,000 years."
  (Wikipedia)
  + COMMENTARY (channel4.com)

• Schematic of the geologic repository research tunnel under construction at the Onkalo site near Olkiluoto N uclear Power Plant, Finland.

   

  INTO ETERNITY - Bande annonce vostFR (YouTube)

  

From CALL OF DUTY 4