NRC's Science 101

How does a nuclear reaction work? What is radiation? How do you enrich uranium? These and other questions are answered in this basic science series called NRC's Science 101. These are all written by NRC experts and all originally ran on the agency's blog, but they are reproduced here in PDF for easy downloading.

Topics:

• What is an atom?
• What is a chemical?
• What is matter?
• What are Quantities and Measurement?
• What is Ionizing Radiation?
• What Are The Different Types of Radiation?
• What is a Geiger Counter?
• What is Plutonium?
• What is a Chain Reaction?
• How Does a Nuclear Power Plant Make Electricity?
• What is Nuclear Fuel?
• What is Spent Nuclear Fuel?
• What Do You Know?