Nuclear Science
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 2005 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 024 | |
Requirements revision: | 2005 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2004 |
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- This merit badge replaced Atomic Energy, which was taken out in late 2006-early 2007.
- This badge is one of the elective merit badges of the William T. Hornaday Awards for Boy Scouts.
Requirement resources
1a. Radiation Hazards - Radiation Hazards of X-rays - Radiation Hazards in the U.S. - Radiation Information - Radiation made Easy - Wikipedia Radiation poisoning -
- Deterministic and Stochastic ModelsDeterministic vs Stochastic
- Estimate your Annual Dose of Radiation - Radiation Exposure EPA Radiation Laws
1b. Radiation Symbol - Radiation Hazard Symbol - A history of the radiation symbol - Radiation and Risk
2. Dictionary of Radiological Terms - US NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms - Nuclear Science Terms - Term Glossary - First Course in Nuclear Science - Glossary of Terms
3. The Atomic Heritage Foundation - Biographies of the Nuclear Age - Famous Figures in Nuclear Science
- Henri Becquerel - Niels Bohr - Marie Curie - Albert Einstein - Enrico Fermi - Otto Hahn - Ernest Lawrence - Lise Meitner - Wilhelm Roentgen - Sir Ernest Rutherford
4. Periodic Table - Interactive Periodic Table ANimated Electrons, Atom Diagrams, etc. - Periodic Table of the Elements
4a: Nuclear Fission - Nuclear Fission - Chain Reaction
4b. Critical Mass
5a. Build an Electroscope
5b. Build a Model of a Nuclear Reactor - Description of how a Nuclear Reactor works -
Inside a Nuclear Reactor - Diagrams of Nuclear Reactors
5c. How time, distance and shielding reduce radiation dose - How to reduce exposure to radiation - Wikipedia Biological Shielding - Time, Distance, and Shielding - How to detect radiation
5d. Food Irradiation - Food Irradiation from A to Z - Irradiation information and how to recognize irradiated foods - USFDA Food Irradiation - Food Irradiation
5e. Natural Radioactivity - Citizen's Guide to Radon - How radon tests work - Radon Outreach Program - testing.html Home Radon Detector
5f. The graph paper you need is in the Nuclear Science Worksheet.
5g. How to build a cloud chamber -
How a cloud chamber works - How to Build a Cloud Chamber
5h. Radioisotopes in medicine - Radioisotopes in Medicine - Uses of Radioisotopes - Uses of Isotopes
5i. Seed Irradiation
5j. See 6c below.
6a. Nuclear Medicine - Environmental - Nuclear Propulsion - Radiation Therapy
6b. US Nuclear power - Locate Nuclear Power Plants in the US - Energy in the United States - Nuclear Power Plants and Utilities - Nuclear Power in the World
6c. Brookhaven Lab - Fermi Lab - Stanford Linear Accelerator - Jefferson Lab - Argonne Lab - Advanced Light Source at Berkeley
7. Nuclear Engineering Career Page - Nuclear Education and Research - Careers in Radiology - Radiation Therapy Careers
Related awards
Science Awards
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Nuclear Energy Institute: Science Club A full explanation and exploration of nuclear science, written on a middle-school level.