INDEX

alpha particle, [30]
atomic energy, [8]
atomic number, [27]
atomic pile, [36]
atomic power, [42]
atomic theory, [15]

Becquerel, Antoine Henri, [20]
beta particles, [30]
boiling water reactor, [44]
breeder reactor, [46]

cadmium, [38]
carbon-14, [56]
chain reaction, [35], [36], [44]
chemical compound, [15]
Compton. Arthur H., [40]
Conant, James B., [40]
control rod, [38]
Curie, Marie, [22]
Curie, Pierre, [22]

Dalton, John, [15]
Dead Sea Scrolls, [57]
decay, [30]
Democritus, [13]

electron, [26], [29]
element, [15]
energy, [32]

Fermi, Enrico, [36]
fission, [34]
fossil fuels, [9], [46]

gamma rays, [30]
Geiger counter, [53]
graphite, [36], [44]

half-life, [32]
helium, [28]

Iodine-131, [57]
ionization, [60]
irradiation, [60]
isotopes, [28]

neutron, [26], [28]
nucleus, [27], [29]

pitchblende, [23]
plutonium, [46]
power plant, [42]
pressurized water reactor, [43]
proton, [26]

radioactivity, [22]
radioactive cocktail, [64]
radioactive iodine, [57]
radioisotope, [52], [64]
radium, [23], [30], [32]

Roentgen, Wilhelm K., [18]

Savannah, [48], [49]

thorium, [23], [30]
tracers, [53]

uranium, [20], [29], [30], [32], [43]

uranium-234, [29]
uranium-235, [29], [46]
uranium-238, [29], [46]

X rays, [18], [64]