Nuclear technology has many applications that are fundamental to our daily lives. While the best known are medicine and the production of electricity in nuclear power plants, there are many others in fields as diverse as agriculture, industry and art.Saber más
The smallest part of a substance that cannot be chemically decomposed. Each atom has a nucleus (centre) made up of protons (positive particles) and neutrons (particles with no charge). The electrons (negative particles) move around the nucleus.Saber más
A colourless, odourless and tasteless radioactive gas that is produced by the natural radioactive disintegration of the uranium present in soils and rocks. It tends to concentrate inside buildings such as homes, schools and workplaces.Saber más
The world’s first artificial nuclear reactor. It was built on a racquetball field under the stadium’s bleachers, at the University of Chicago. The place where the first nuclear reaction took place was declared a National Historic Milestone in 1965.
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Over the next few years it will be necessary to increase the electricity supply while at the same time mitigating the emissions that contribute to climate change. Nuclear power, with an insignificant amount of greenhouse effect emissions, is one of the best solutions to this problem.Saber más
Small advanced nuclear reactors with a power of up to 300 Mwe, which makes it possible to save costs and construction time. They also facilitate serial construction outside the intended site and can be assembled together to cater to the growing energy demand.Saber más
Energy sources are those natural resources that can be used by humans to extract energy for the purpose of doing a certain job or fulfilling a certain utility.Saber más
It uses irradiation to sterilize male insects from species considered plagues. The sterilized insect mates with the female without impregnating her, which prevents the growth of the colony and the use of chemical insecticides.Saber más
For many years, dozens of brilliant women were silenced solely because of their gender. Nevertheless, many of the great discoveries in science were and are the work of women.Saber más
Some are part of history and others are great unknowns, but without any of their contributions, the periodic table would not be as we know it.Saber más
A nuclear power plant is an industrial facility that generates electricity from a nuclear fission chain reaction inside the vessel of a nuclear reactor.Saber más
It is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Plastic pollution hinders sustainable development; it is a threat to ecosystems; endangers food safety; and affects human health.Saber más
Discover everything behind the elements of the Periodic Table, and learn about the origin of their names, the people who discovered them, whether they are present in nature or are artificial, etcetera.Saber más
Traditionally, great scientific and technological achievements have been attributed to the male gender, but it is surprising to discover some women who have seen, from the shadows, recognition of their work, including a Nobel Prize, attributed to a man.Saber más
The discipline that studies the effect of the doses produced by ionizing radiations, and the procedures to protect living beings from their harmful effects. The main targets are human beings and the environment.Saber más
In their daily life, humans overexploit and contaminate Earth with disastrous consequences: climate change, loss of biodiversity or transmission of diseases. Nuclear technology offers solutions to remedy this and contribute to the healing of the planet.Saber más
Uranium is a grey metallic chemical element that is almost as hard as steel and denser than lead. Its symbol is U and its atomic number is 92. It is the raw material for the manufacture of fuel for nuclear power plants.Saber más
The use of robots is a highly efficient way of protecting the health of staff in nuclear environments and improving safety conditions. The technology allows us to carry out these often-complicated tasks with greater precision.Saber más
A physicist and chemist born in Poland. She researched the radioactivity of uranium and discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, and the only one to be awarded two of these prizes in different fields.Saber más
Although he had a certain difficulty to express himself, since he did not start speaking until he was three years old, he was the world’s most popular scientist thanks to his development of the Theory of Relativity, which revolutionized science as it was known up to the 20th century.Saber más
In general, electricity generation consists of transforming some kind of energy (chemical, kinetic, thermal, light, nuclear, solar, etc.) into electrical energy. For industrial generation, installations known as power plants are used, which carry out some of the aforementioned transformations.Saber más
When Dimitri Mendeleev arranged the chemical elements in a table according to their physical properties, chemistry changed forever. Although he was not awarded the Nobel Prize for this, a chemical element was named after him: Mendelevium (Md).Saber más
According to the UN, access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene are fundamental to humanity. High water stress can have devastating consequences.Saber más