Radiation Project - CP Chemistry

Fusion reactor for nuclear energy  (Fusion)

• New York Times: Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest

• World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Begins Assembly in France  

• International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor - "What is ITRE?"

Food irradiation (Gamma decay)

• Food Irradiation: What You Need to Know 

• Food Irradiation | RadTown | US EPA 

• CDC: Food Safety and Irradiation

Emergency Exit Signs (Beta decay)

• Backgrounder on Tritium EXIT Signs

• Tritium in Exit Signs | RadTown | US EPA  

• Gale Encyclopedia of Science - Tritium

Smoke detectors (Alpha decay)

• Americium in Ionization Smoke Detectors | US EPA

• Nuclear Energy Fueling Smoke Detectors  

• Chemical Elements: Americium

• Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity: Smoke Detectors

Radioactive iodine treatment (RAI) for imaging thyroid cancer (Gamma decay OR beta decay) 

• Information for Patients Administered Radioactive Iodine (I-131)

• Iodine 131 Part 1 (YouTube)

• American Thyroid Association: Radioactive Iodine FAQs

Providing power in space crafts (Alpha decay)

• Voyager - Spacecraft - Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTG)   

• Space Exploration with Radioisotope Power – Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology Division

• NASA Facts - MMRTG 

Using uranium-235 at nuclear power plants (Alpha decay; Fission)

• What is Uranium? How Does it Work

• How Uranium Becomes Nuclear Fuel

• US Energy Administration Information: Nuclear Fission Explained

• Nuclear Reactor Simulation

Positron emission tomography (PET) scan to identify active parts of body (Beta decay)

• Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

• How Does a PET Scan Work?

• Gale Encyclopedia of Science - PET

• Chemical Elements: Radium
• United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Radium
• Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity: Radium Clock Face
• PubChem: Radium 226

• World of Chemistry: Carbon Dating
• World of Physics: Radioactive Dating
• BBC Science Focus Magazine: How Does Radiocarbon Dating Work?
• Science News: Carbon Dating could Soon Mislead
• Scientific American [VIDEO]: How Does Radiocarbon Dating Work?