An Ancient Power #2
by Gail Daley
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Title
An Ancient Power #2
Artist
Gail Daley
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Art Board
Description
I chose the name An Ancient Power for this painting because although man has only recently attempted to harness this powerful energy its source is ancient. It is Older than our planet in fact. The biggest nuclear reactor in our solar system is our own sun. This painting is of the now defunct nuclear power generator in Morro Bay. It no longer runs but it still sits there, primarily because no one in authority seems willing to take responsibility for disposing of the undoubtedly radioactive waste matter. It was shut down because they were flushing radioactive water out into the bay causing the death of several marine species.
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant. The term includes nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion. Presently, the nuclear fission of elements in the actinide series of the periodic table produce the vast majority of nuclear energy in the direct service of humankind, with nuclear decay processes, primarily in the form of geothermal energy, and radioisotope thermoelectric generators, in niche uses making up the rest. In 1932, physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered that when lithium atoms were "split" by protons from a proton accelerator, immense amounts of energy were released in accordance with the principle of mass�energy equivalence. However, he and other nuclear physics pioneers Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein believed harnessing the power of the atom for practical purposes anytime in the near future was unlikely, with Rutherford labeling such expectations "moonshine." Little did they know.
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June 25th, 2016
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