The relevance of understanding principles of plate tectonics for the extractive industries can hardly be overestimated. The knowledge of plate boundaries is particularly important for metals exploration. Exploration geologists can receive valuable insights into the principles of an ore-generating environment by exploring plate tectonics. (Sawkins, 1984) In fact, the continental...

An early pioneering sociologist in the 1800s was Harriet Martineau. According to the textbook (Schaefer, 2017), part of her contribution to the field came from translating the works of sociologist Auguste Comte from French to English. However, she also contributed her own insights. She was one of the first to...

News of disasters like the 2011 nuclear meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant reminds us not only of the negative consequences accompanying uses of nuclear energy but also the potentially grave environmental problems that may negatively affect peoples’ way of life. The negative consequences are exemplified by the numerous...

Sir James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932 by performing experiments at Cambridge’s Cavendish laboratory. Rutherford theorized that the nucleus of atoms contained positively charged protons and some neutrally charged particles. At the start of his career as a student and a scholar Chadwick was assigned, by Rutherford, the project...

Nuclear waste disposal has been a critical issue for discussion in the United States due to political influence. Currently, the US has spent fuel in 76 stations ponds and stores that totals to 79,000 tonnes located in these cooling ponds and the secured dry stores that are well spread all...