Nuclear fission, nuclear fusion
A collection of Catalyst articles about nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
A Nuclear Future?
A Catalyst article examining the UK’s electricity supplies, twenty per cent of which come from nuclear power stations.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2003, Volume 13, Issue 4.
Decommissioning a Nuclear Reactor
A Catalyst article about the first generation of nuclear power stations.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2.
Hot Problems
A Catalyst article about high-level nuclear waste.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 14, Issue 4.
Radioactivity and Wildlife
A Catalyst article about radioactivity that was being spread among wildlife species in the Arctic in ways that no one had detected before.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1.
Radioactive Waste Decisions
A Catalyst article about how decisions taken about controversial issues such as the sitting of a radioactive waste store. .
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2007, Volume 18, Issue 2.
Lucie Green - Astronomer
A Catalyst article describing Lucie Green's work as an astronomer and broadcaster on the Sky at Night programme.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1.
ALICE: Extraordinary Nuclear Adventures Underground
This Catalyst article discusses how experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which discovered the Higgs boson, at the CERN laboratory can tell us about the nature of matter in the early universe.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1.
Higgs Boson
This Catalyst article looks at the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle discovered by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, on July 4th 2012, after it was first predicted almost 50 years earlier.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2012, Volume 23, Issue 1.
Thorium - the Perfect Nuclear Fuel?
This Catalyst article looks at thorium - a heavy element, similar to uranium.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2014, Volume 24, Issue 3.
Tokamak Power
This Catalyst article investigates tokamaks.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue 1.
Discovering new elements *suitable for home teaching*
This article describes the processes behind discovering and proving the existence of new chemical elements.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2016, Volume 26, Issue 3.