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Want to know more about nuclear issues?
Too pressed for time to get that chemical engineering degree at MIT?
Wish you could challenge the nuclear establishment, but just don't know where to begin?

You've come to the right place.


IEER provides technical assistance and training to activists, educators, students, policy makers, journalists, and others concerned about nuclear waste, weapons, and related issues.  We provide sound, scientific answers without all the jargon.   This page is designed to give you answers to some basic questions concerning nuclear issues.  More information is available in our newsletter, Science for Democratic Action.

Fundamentals

  • Glossary
    Dr. Egghead's glossary of nuclear terms.

  • Unit Conversion
    Conversion aversion? Check out this user-friendly table.

  • Scientific Notation
    Why not just write ".000000000000000000001"?

  • Prefixes
    The "nano" and "pico" were not two ships sailed by Columbus.

  • Logarithms
    Log rolling! Learn to read a logarithmic scale

  • Periodic Table of the Elements
    Choose your favorite or view a periodic table here.

  • Elements and their Symbols
    Was Einsteinium a Germanium who worked in Americium?

  • Classifications of Radioactive Waste
    What's high? What's low? How are classifications decided?

  • Measuring Radiation: Terms and Units
    Gray is not a color. Rem is not a rock group.
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    Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
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    Takoma Park, Maryland, USA

    Updated October 12, 2009