Roddy Nuclear and the Chamber of Power

1. Roddy Nuclearand the Chamber of Power Your Name North American Young Generation in Nuclear www.na-ygn.org Greetings Introduce yourselfGreetings Introduce yourself

2. 6th NA-YGN Drawing Contest Topic: �Roddy Nuclear and the Chamber of Power� Prize: For the Library of the School: Collection of books and reference materials on Nuclear Science and Technology. For the winners: First Prize: $100 USD Savings Bond Second & Third Prize: $50 USD Savings Bond NA-YGN T-Shirt and pin. Deadline: Friday November 5th, 2004 North American Young Generation in Nuclear www.na-ygn.org Talk about the drawing contest Suggestion: Allow 30 minutes for the presentation and give the students 30 minutes to prepare the drawings. This gives you better chances of actually getting drawings submitted.Talk about the drawing contest Suggestion: Allow 30 minutes for the presentation and give the students 30 minutes to prepare the drawings. This gives you better chances of actually getting drawings submitted.

3. 6th NA-YGN Drawing Contest Winners will be chosen during the 2004 ANS Meeting in Washington DC November 14-18, 2004 Drawings Size: Letter size (11�� x 8.5�) In the back of the drawing write: Your name Your age and grade Your school & the name of your teacher North American Young Generation in Nuclear www.na-ygn.org Talk about the drawing contestTalk about the drawing contest

4. Introduce RoddyIntroduce Roddy

5. Ask the students about every day things that make their lives easier. Drive the point towards the need for electricity.Ask the students about every day things that make their lives easier. Drive the point towards the need for electricity.

6. Ask them if they know what is electricity? Ask the students� where does electricity come from? Insist on the concept that electricity needs to somehow be produced. It does not grow on trees. ?Ask them if they know what is electricity? Ask the students� where does electricity come from? Insist on the concept that electricity needs to somehow be produced. It does not grow on trees. ?

7. Electricity Production How is it produced? Concentrate on the concept of *a fluid� making the turbine spin... How is it produced? Concentrate on the concept of *a fluid� making the turbine spin...

8. What can we use to make the turbine spin?? Ask them for examples on how to �make the turbine spin�Ask them for examples on how to �make the turbine spin�

9. We can use... Explain the different ways of making the turbine spin�. Explain the different ways of making the turbine spin�.

10. Wind Power Wind Power: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Calculation to give you an idea of the land requirements of wind power: Number of Wind turbines necessary to replace North Anna Power Station, a 1790 MWe Nuclear Power Plant (two nuclear reactors of about 900 MWe each) (Assuming it operates 7700 hours/year = 87% capacity factor = 13.78?109 kWh) � ��������� 12,500 wind turbines with a capacity of 500 kW each operating 2200 hours per year (= 25% effective capacity factor = 13.75 * 109 kWh) ��������� Land Needed[1] ? 625 Km2 = ~ 240 sq. miles (~ land area of Singapore = 250 sq miles) � ��������� 4,175 wind turbines with a capacity of 1.5 MW each operating 2200 hours per year (= 25% effective capacity factor = 13.77 * 109 kWh) ��������� Land neededc ? ~200 Km2 = ~ 80 sq. miles (~ land area of Baltimore = 80.8 sq miles) [1] �Wind Energy � Clean Power for Generations�, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). �A Typical wind farm of 20 turbines might extend over an area of one square kilometer� �Wind Power: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Calculation to give you an idea of the land requirements of wind power: Number of Wind turbines necessary to replace North Anna Power Station, a 1790 MWe Nuclear Power Plant (two nuclear reactors of about 900 MWe each) (Assuming it operates 7700 hours/year = 87% capacity factor = 13.78?109 kWh) � ��������� 12,500 wind turbines with a capacity of 500 kW each operating 2200 hours per year (= 25% effective capacity factor = 13.75 * 109 kWh) ��������� Land Needed[1] ? 625 Km2 = ~ 240 sq. miles (~ land area of Singapore = 250 sq miles) � ��������� 4,175 wind turbines with a capacity of 1.5 MW each operating 2200 hours per year (= 25% effective capacity factor = 13.77 * 109 kWh) ��������� Land neededc ? ~200 Km2 = ~ 80 sq. miles (~ land area of Baltimore = 80.8 sq miles)

11. Hydroelectric Power Hydroelectric Power What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Hydroelectric Power What is it? Advantages Disadvantages

12. Coal Power Coal: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Coal: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages

13. Natural Gas Natural Gas: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Natural Gas: What is it? Advantages Disadvantages

14. Nuclear Power And finally� nuclear power. Let�s talk about this a little bit more�And finally� nuclear power. Let�s talk about this a little bit more�

15. But before we go ahead and talk about nuclear, do mention Solar power, which is another way to produce electricity, but it does not follow the traditional turbine-generator scheme. What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Calculation to give you an idea about the land required by solar: Number of Solar Panels necessary to replace North Anna Power Station, a 1,790 MWe Nuclear Power Plant (two nuclear reactors of about 900 MWe each) (Assuming it operates 7700 hours/year = 87% capacity factor = 13.78?109 kWh) � �������� 172 million m2 of solar panels[1]= 172 Km2 ~66 sq. miles (~ land area of Norfolk = 66 sq miles) [1] �The KPMG Solar Report: Solar Power � From Perennial Promise to Competitive Alternative�, Greenpeace, August 1999. p.45. �A panel of 1 m2 in the Netherlands annually provides 80 kWh of electricity�. � But before we go ahead and talk about nuclear, do mention Solar power, which is another way to produce electricity, but it does not follow the traditional turbine-generator scheme. What is it? Advantages Disadvantages Calculation to give you an idea about the land required by solar: Number of Solar Panels necessary to replace North Anna Power Station, a 1,790 MWe Nuclear Power Plant (two nuclear reactors of about 900 MWe each) (Assuming it operates 7700 hours/year = 87% capacity factor = 13.78?109 kWh) � �������� 172 million m2 of solar panels[1]= 172 Km2 ~66 sq. miles (~ land area of Norfolk = 66 sq miles)

16. Electric Power in the US Explain how we produce electricity in the US, Explain how we produce electricity in the US,

17. What do we do in a nuclear power plant?What do we do in a nuclear power plant?

18. What is Nuclear Fission? If the nucleus of a heavy atom (such as Uranium) absorbs a neutron, the nucleus can become unstable and split. This is called NUCLEAR FISSION. Explain what is fission in the most simple way you can�. Stress the fact that �Scientists discovered, not many years ago, that if a Uraniun� blah blah blah� Explain what is fission in the most simple way you can�. Stress the fact that �Scientists discovered, not many years ago, that if a Uraniun� blah blah blah�

19. Stress the concept of the energy released, which is what we are going to use to boil the water and produce steam� that in turn will spin the turbine, etc... Stress the concept of the energy released, which is what we are going to use to boil the water and produce steam� that in turn will spin the turbine, etc...

20. Typical Nuclear Reactor Insist that the �turbine� side of the power plant is the same for all of the different types of power plants� the difference comes to how we boil the water to make steam� Explain where the core is, i.e. Roddy Nuclear with all his buddies, fissioning away� Insist that the �turbine� side of the power plant is the same for all of the different types of power plants� the difference comes to how we boil the water to make steam� Explain where the core is, i.e. Roddy Nuclear with all his buddies, fissioning away�

21. So NP can be one of the sources that we need to rely on to produce clean electricity with no emissions So NP can be one of the sources that we need to rely on to produce clean electricity with no emissions

22. 5. Amount of Nuclear Waste(High Level/Spent Fuel) produced in the US in one year[1] (1998) � Per reactor (annual) � ��������� Mass of heavy metal = ~ 30 tons ��������� Mass of fission Products = ~ 1 ton ��������� Volume of heavy metal[2] = ~ 16 cubic yards = volume occupied by 1 pickup truck � � If ALL the electricity that one person consumes in one year is produced by nuclear power alone, the amount of waste that generated: � ��������� Would weigh a little bit more than one golf ball (1.14 times) ��������� Would take a little bit less volume than two wooden pencils (1.70 times) � To put this in perspective, in the US we produce the following amounts of solid waste[3] per year: � ��������� Municipal solid waste: 220 million tons (estimate 1996) ��������� Hazardous waste (ALL): 279 million tons (1995) ��������� Industrial waste: 7600 million tons (estimate 1995) � [1] �Understanding Radioactive Waste�, Raymond L. Murray, Battelle Press, 1989 [2] The mass of Uranium in a fuel assembly weights 460 Kg, and occupies a volume of 0.19663 m3; that would be a density of 2340 kg/m3. A pickup truck would fit in a box 2 yd x 2 yd x 4 yd = 16 cubic yards. [3] http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/ 5. Amount of Nuclear Waste(High Level/Spent Fuel) produced in the US in one year[1] (1998) � Per reactor (annual) � ��������� Mass of heavy metal = ~ 30 tons ��������� Mass of fission Products = ~ 1 ton ��������� Volume of heavy metal[2] = ~ 16 cubic yards = volume occupied by 1 pickup truck � � If ALL the electricity that one person consumes in one year is produced by nuclear power alone, the amount of waste that generated: � ��������� Would weigh a little bit more than one golf ball (1.14 times) ��������� Would take a little bit less volume than two wooden pencils (1.70 times) � To put this in perspective, in the US we produce the following amounts of solid waste[3] per year: � ��������� Municipal solid waste: 220 million tons (estimate 1996) ��������� Hazardous waste (ALL): 279 million tons (1995) ��������� Industrial waste: 7600 million tons (estimate 1995) �

23. Do you know any other uses of nuclear science? Can they mention any other everyday uses of NS&T? Can they mention any other everyday uses of NS&T?

24. Home Smoke detectors Electric circuit formed by the radiation emitted by Am-241� if the smoke particles �break� the circuit� alarm goes off Do they know what this is? Everyone should have one or more at home.Electric circuit formed by the radiation emitted by Am-241� if the smoke particles �break� the circuit� alarm goes off Do they know what this is? Everyone should have one or more at home.

25. Nuclear Medicine Detect diseases: X- ray PET scanner radio-pharmaceuticals & nuclear tracers Cure diseases (e.g. cancer) Medicine: Give specific examples, ask if any of them has a grandma that broke a hip--> ion implantation if they had surgery, they wanted to make sure that the �knife� used was really really clean have they had x-rays? Why?Medicine: Give specific examples, ask if any of them has a grandma that broke a hip--> ion implantation if they had surgery, they wanted to make sure that the �knife� used was really really clean have they had x-rays? Why?

26. Other Uses in Medicine Improve hip & knee implants

28. Eliminate harmful germs from food E. Coli Salmonella Make food last longer Limit the use of artificial food preservatives uw-food-irradiation.engr.wisc.edu Food Irradiation Ask them if they know what e-coli is Give specific examples When you have a picnic you must make sure you cook the burgers well enough to kill all the bacteria When you buy strawberries, even if you keep them in the fridge they go bad pretty soon� not with FI Ask them if they know what e-coli is Give specific examples When you have a picnic you must make sure you cook the burgers well enough to kill all the bacteria When you buy strawberries, even if you keep them in the fridge they go bad pretty soon� not with FI

29. Agriculture Use less chemical fertilizers The crops absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. Use less pesticides Insects cannot breed. www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/dx/ Ask them if they know why it is important to improve agriculture:To make sure that we have food for everyone in the world� Ask them if they know why it is important to improve agriculture:To make sure that we have food for everyone in the world�

30. Space Exploration To power spaceships and space stations as well as their instrumentation: RTG batteries Fission Power Propulsion Systems To make sure that Astronauts� food is safe: Food irradiation Ask them for ideas on how to use NS&T in space Ask them for ideas on how to use NS&T in space

31. Nuclear Micro-batteries To power tiny MEMS devices that are used as sensors and detectors in a large number of applications. Tell them about the air bags and optic devices, etc..Tell them about the air bags and optic devices, etc..

32. Geology & Archeology How old are those dinosaur bones? Ask them about Indiana Jones�.Ask them about Indiana Jones�.

35. Nuclear Science and Technology is so cool!!! Produces electricity without polluting the earth Improves our health Enhances our quality of life Safer food � Safer homes Enables scientific discovery Explore our past Discover a better future Review what you�ve talked about. Review what you�ve talked about.

36. Remind them about the contest, the prizes, the fact that their drawing will be displayed in New Orleans, blah, blah, blah� Remind them about the contest, the prizes, the fact that their drawing will be displayed in New Orleans, blah, blah, blah�

37. Any questions?Any questions?

38. Acknowledgment NA-YGN wants to thank Isabel Arechabala and Foro de la Industria Nuclear Espa�ola (www.foronuclear.org) for the use of the drawings of Roddy Nuclear.