Nuclear For Human Life

 

Before discussing about the benefits of nuclear power, we should first review the general properties of the beam of radioactive substances, because that's human nature on the basis of nuclear use.

1.      Effect of Radiation on Living

The rays arising from a radioactive substance, such as gamma rays, can lead to:

a.       Death

The nature of these deaths can be used to eradicate insect pests such as insects that damage tobacco in the warehouse, the materials of wood, foodstuffs and so on. The killing of microbes or bacteria can be a principle of preservation of foodstuffs, such as fish, rice, wheat, and so on. The nature of microorganisms to kill pests or even this can be used to clean tools-lat medicine. This method was most practical because it does not require high heat yang can damage equipment that is not heat resistant. This method also requires no chemicals, and anyway the tools can be sterilized in a state wrapped it and kill the germs that exist in the package.

b.      Barriers to growth

Inhibiting properties of budding can be used to store potatoes, stalks and so on in the warehouse.

c.       Changes in the properties of genetic

The properties derived from the creature's chromosomes or genes contained in the cell nucleus. This means that changes / mutations of the gene results in changes in properties of the descendants of creatures that live. Rays have the nature of the radioactive substance may convene a mutation of the gene. Properties to be utilized in the search for seeds, for example in rice.

2.      Nuclear Techniques for the exaltation of rice and other crops

By using the properties of gamma rays that can hold a mutated gene from grains, can be searched mutant, which is a variation of the gene mutation, which is beneficial to human life. Example: Rice is generally shorter, more fruit, resistant to pests and so on. Alternatively, you can look for loads that are resistant to drought with a goal to be planted on dry land.

By the same principle, gene mutations also occurred in other crops on the influence of gamma. For example wheat, corn, beans, soybeans, and so on. With this technique, there is hope people get a variant that is very profitable so it can give food to the world's population whose development is so rapid.

3.      Nuclear Engineering For Industry

a.       The timber industry

Wood quality can be improved by immersing into the liquid monomer organic material (plastic material). This material, if exposed to radiation will be polinier (like plastic). Therefore, if the timber has been immersed in the material was then subjected to the radiation beam so that the liquid into a plastic timber so far become harder and weather resistant, resistant to moisture and insects.

b.      Textile fibers either from natural materials, such as Non amuun

Synthetic fibers such as polyester changed its properties so it is more profitable humans. For example, the polyester fiber is difficult to absorb water so clothes are made from polyester hard to absorb water so that clothes made of material that was hot. With the help of radiation, its nature can be transformed into not only can absorb water but also to absorb the color. Polypropilene fibers may change its nature can not stand the heat from a heat resistant and can suck the water.

c.       Skin that is cooked with the process of radiation, it produces better quality than the usual way, although damage can occur if the dose is too high.

d.      Food preservation

In principle foods preserved by killing the germs of decay by radiation. The advantages of this way in a manner unusual is that we can work without heating, without fumigation, and without chemicals so as not to leave the remnants of preservatives. Food items were not damaged by heating. Another advantage is the preservation can be done in a state already wrapped, so there is no contamination after the preservation process. Food ingredients are preserved in this way are rice, potatoes, wheat, chicken meat, onion, papaya, and dried fruits or vegetables or grains.

4.      Nuclear techniques for health

In the field of health, nuclear engineering is commonly used to make the diagnosis of a disease. The use of the usual ways eg by X-rays often do not provide satisfactory results and have side effects. The use of short-lived radioactive substances with small doses, can provide a more satisfactory information about something that exists in the patient's body. Some examples of its use is to determine the location of cancerous brain tumors, abnormalities in the lung, thyroid, kidney and others.

5.      Nuclear techniques in radiography indisutri

Maybe you've never seen an X-ray images of broken bones or lungs. That is an example of the results of radiography of the bones and lungs using X-rays. The same principle is applied to the construction industry and so on. By using gamma rays, can be obtained images showing the presence or absence of damage or cracks in the material contained in the building. this way can also be used to check the connections because of welded steel. In Indonesia, this technique has been used, such as power plant, rail services company, and cement factories.

6.      Nuclear techniques in hydrology

Generally, radio active substances in hydrology (the science of the water system) is used as a tracer or a crawler, which is a radioactive substance is inserted into the system, such as river flow and then traced with tools such as Geiger Muller detector. The results can provide information about the state of the system Muller, for example the speed of flowing water, the water that seeps in the ground, and where seepage was flowing. Another example is able to detect leakage of radioactive substances penyakur pipes embedded in the soil. Find this can be used for example to measure the ground water, about the direction IAR speed and groundwater discharge.