Nuclear Topics Links

Anti-Nuclear

This topic is first because this webpage is alphabetically categorized, not because I'm anti-nuke. But I do believe in the Right to Free Speech, so I'm compeled to include them. It is good to be convicted in your beliefs, so long as what you believe in is correct.

Basic Nuclear Data

Fuel Cycle also see Radioactive Waste

Nuclear Fuel vs. Fossil Fuel by Jonathan Thompson (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Fusion

An Introduction to the Z-Machine by James Nessel (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Click here for a diagram of both magnetic and inertial fusion from Texas Utilities

Health Physics

History (also see Weapons)

Scientists of the Manhattan Project by Ari Vogel (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Trinity, Where The World Was Changed Forever by Scott Skousen (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Fifty Years from Trinity from the Seattle Times

The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor by Donald Gee (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Click here for a diagram of the fission chain reaction process

Click here for a diagram of a boiling water reactor (BWR) from TVA

Click here for a diagram of a pressurized water reactor (PWR) from TVA

NRC's Map of Reactors in the U.S.

Organizations

Here is the DOE Map of National Laboratories

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Nuclear Engineering

Todd's Atomic Homepage

Yahoo! - Science:Engineering:Nuclear Engineering

Radioactive Waste Management

Safety

• Advanced Reactor Designs
General Electric Nuclear's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR)
Westinghouse AP600 Design
Breeder reactors
• Chernobyl
Chernobyl from the World Nuclear Association
RBMK Light Water Graphite Reactor (Chernobyl type reactor)
Radiometric maps of Greece following Chernobyl
Chernobyl - The Game for Tomorrow's Engineers
• Three Mile Island (TMI-2)
Three Mile Island Event from The Virtual Nuclear Tourist
Three Mile Island (TMI-2): What Really Happened
The Kemeny Report is the name by which the "Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island" is commonly referred.

Space Related Topics

Space Radiation (Natural) Environment

• For those in Dr. Holbert's class, start here with an overview of Space Radiation Environmental Effects.
• The Discovery of Solar Flares by Trevor Merrell (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)
• Solar Flare Theory from the GSFC Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
• The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
  The Natural Terrestrial and Space Environment
• The Space Environment: An Overview from NASA Glenn Research Center
• A Beginner's Guide to the Earth's Magnetosphere from Earth in Space, Vol. 8, No. 7, March 1996, p. 9, 1996.
• Space Environment Center (NOAA) Weather
  Space Weather (Current, Historical, and Forecast); Sun-to-Earth stuff
  They also have A Primer on Space Weather
• Solar-Terrestrial Physics (NGDC) Satellite Data
  Satellite data including anomalies
• National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
• SPENVIS - SPace ENVironment Information System
• Basics of Space Flight from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Single Event Effects (SEEs) and Total Ionizing Dose (TID)

• For a brief introduction by Dr. Holbert on SEEs click here
• For a brief introduction by Dr. Holbert on Total Ionizing Dose click here
  EnviroNET: Space Environment Information Service
  Projects; Papers; Models; Satellite anomalies expert system
  Spacecraft Anomalies due to Radiation Environment in Space by Lauriente and Vampola. This paper has a nice illustration of SEE.
• SEE: Space Environments and Effects Program at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
  Models; Data bases
• RADATA-Interactive ** JPL Radiation Effects Database
  Data and test reports available (e.g., SEU and TID)
• NASA ASIC Guide Table of Contents; look at
  • Chapter Four: Design for Radiation Tolerance
  • Appendix Three: Space Radiation Effects on Integrated Circuits
• Space Environments & Effects System (SEE) from the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan
• Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory
  SEE testing performed here
• Aerospace Single Event Effects Testing
  Look at their Single Event Primer

  Cosmic Ray Effects on MicroElectronics (CREME96) Homepage

  A computer program that calculates SEU rates

  Space Radiation Associates

  SPACE RADIATION computer program (for sale)

  Radiation Effects and Analysis at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

  • They deal with the space environment, SEE, TID, displacement damage. Look at

  Space Radiation Environment including SEECA: Single Event Effect Criticality Analysis

Radiation Technology and Assurance at Sandia National Laboratories

Radiation effects on electronics in space

ATLAS Radiation Hard Electronics Web Page from European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Has tutorials and MIL STD test procedures

Long Duration Exposure Facility at NASA Langley Research Center

Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) data server at Boston University

Space Science - UoSAT-2 Single Event Upsets

UK satellite upsets; Says UoSAT-2 had 9000 upsets from Sept. '88 to May '92 with 75% in South Atlantic Anomaly

Space Environments and Effects Analysis Section of the European Space Research and Technology Center of the European Space Agency (ESA)

A nice Background Information page exists there

Publications available on-line

• ESA 1996 Sumposium on Environment Modelling for Space-based Applications
There are about fifty abstracts and 6 full papers here
NASA GSFC EnviroNET Papers
NASA MSFC Space Environment and Effects Related Publications
Includes Radiation Effects and Analysis papers
• CREME96 References
SEEB Publications On Line (Space Environment Effects Branch)
Space Environment Publications from the ESA ESTEC Space Environments and Effects Analysis Section
UoSAT and SSTL - Papers and Publications list
Single Event Upset Effects on the Clementine Solid State Data Recorder
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES): Spacecraft and Mission, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 29, No. 4, page 556-563, July-Aug 1992
Also see Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) proceedings in the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Spacecraft Charging

• For a brief introduction by Dr. Holbert on Spacecraft Charging click here
• Photovoltaic & Space Environment Effects Branch at NASA Glen Research Center
  Publications for both LEO and GEO design considerations
  Space Environment Effects Branch (SEEB) at NASA/Lewis
  They have a nice space environment primer
  Has on-line documents; NASCAP code; Purvis docs
  ARCS Charge Control of Satellites
  Has a nice figure illustrating the spacecraft charging phenomenon
  GSFC/704 Systems Engineering Welcome Page
  Systems Engr Guidelines
  Spacecraft Charging Design Guidelines for Electrical Systems
  Space Physics Div., Space Particle Radiation Effects
  Phillips Laboratory Geophysics Directorate, Space Physics Division
• Spacecraft Charging AT High Altitude (SCATHA) satellite/project
  GEO Electron Flux

Space Organizations

• National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
  NASA Scientifc and Technical Information Server
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• Electronics Radiation Response Information Center (ERRIC) from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  ERRIC contains over 100,000 radiation test data records on semiconductor piece parts
• Radiation Effects Data EXchange (REDEX)
• Programmable Technologies web site (PALs)

Standards Organizations

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)

State of Arizona Related

Arizona Geological Survey

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station from Arizona Public Service (APS)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

General System Diagram of PVNGS (jpeg) from the visitor center

Emergency Planning at PVNGS (Unofficial)

Plans for PVNGS Units 4 and 5 were scrapped

They want help to close down Palo Verde

PVNGS Unit #1 Information Book from U.S. NRC

PVNGS Unit #2 Information Book from U.S. NRC

PVNGS Unit #3 Information Book from U.S. NRC

AZ Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)

Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency (ARRA)

Arizona State Mine Inspector

Search of Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS)

Uses of Nuclear "Energy"

Food Irradiation

Nutritional Value of Irradiated Food by J.D. Glaess (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Food Irradiation (background info for consumers) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Food Irradiation from the Center for Consumer Research

Food Irradiation Position Statement from The American Dietetic Association

Food Irradiation (pdf 1.2 MB) information from the International Atomic Eenergy Agency (IAEA)

Food Irradiation info from Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

Food Irradiation: Solution or Threat? a briefing paper from Consumers International

Food Irradiation Position Statement from the Health Physics Society (HPS)

Radiopharmaceuticals

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

This technique treats cancer with neutron bombardment

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators will provide power for the Cassini spacecraft going to Saturn

They have a nice picture of an Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)

Decommissioning Of A Nuclear Submarine by John Cohen (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers by James Asaro (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Description of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plants

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion for space (under construction)

Insect control

Sterilization of medical materials by Eastman

Polymers, copolyesters, polyethylene; has a graph of color changes

Weapons (also see History)

Nuclear Detonations: The Immediate Effects of Air & Surface Bursts to People & Structures by Chris Cavanagh (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

Nuclear Explosion Effects on the Human Body by Gerald DiCunzolo (Spring 2002, EEE 460 Project)

The High Energy Weapons Archive in Finland

Current information, technical data, informative write-ups

Trinity Atomic Web Site

Historical information, reproductions of public domain documents, video

The Bureau of Atomic Tourism

Historical sites of atomic explosions, development and delivery

Nuclear Weapons Frequently Asked Questions

Radiation Effects Research Foundation

Effects of Nuclear Explosions by Carey Sublette

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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