RHIC At Creighton Nuclear Physics Research

The following links may be helpful with finding the information necessary to complete the requirements.

Requirement One 

Radiation Hazards
Radiation Hazards of X-rays
Radiation Hazards in the U.S.
Estimate your Annual Dose of Radiation
The ABC's of Nuclear Science
AboutNuclear.org
Nuclear Science and Technology
US Energy Information Administration Nuclear Explained
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Students' Corner
Environmental Protection Agency Radiation Protection
The Discovery Of Radioactivity: The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
Radioactivity (Georgia State University)

Requirement Two

Glossary of Nuclear Terms
First Course in Nuclear Science
Understand the Nuclear Wallchart

Radiation Information
Nuclear Science Terms

Requirement Three

Brookhaven National Lab Research Facilities
Fermi Lab
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Jefferson National Lab Accelerator
Argonne National User Research Facilities
Advanced Light Source at Berkeley

Requirement Four

Part A
Buiding an electroscope (PBS Kids)
How Do Different Materials React to Static Electricity?
Part B
How to build a cloud chamber
How a cloud chamber shows the tracks of radiation
Part C
Food Irradiation from A to Z
Irradiation information and how to recognize irradiated foods at the store

Requirement Five

Part A
Radiation Protection Basics
Part B
Citizen’s Guide to Radon
How radon tests work
Part C
X-ray info and safety precautions
What Is X-Ray Exposure? How Safe Are Repeated X-Rays?

Requirement Six

Part A
This Radiation Guide for Kids has radiatian facts and links to some good activities
A teacher's guide to the nuclear science wall chart with all files in pdf form
Or try this html tour of the nuclear science wall chart
Nuclear energy tutorial
Half-lives explained with animation
Good animation of half-lives of various isotopes
How nuclear power works
How nuclear radiation works
Nuclear chemistry tutorial with practice problems
All about nuclear fission with Quicktime videos
Nuclear fusion, hydrogen bombs, and neutron bombs with Quicktime videos
Radiocarbon dating
PBS animation of what happened at Three Mile Island

"Operate Your Own Tokamak Reactor" with this Java Applet
Good animation of controlled and uncontrolled chain reactions

Tutorial on nuclear fusion in  form
Nuclear Power: Our Misunderstood Source of Electricity

Part B
Description of how a Nuclear Reactor works
Inside a Nuclear Reactor
How is nuclear fission turned into electrical energy?

Requirement Seven 

Radioisotopes in Medicine
Radioactive dating
Smoke detectors
PET scan
Radiation therapy
Radioisotope Power Systems
Radioisotopes in Industry
Nuclear Power

Requirement Eight 

Nuclear Education and Research
Careers in Radiology
Radiation Therapy Careers

last update on Feb 22, 2013