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Nuclear based wireless power?
I would like to ask if there is any Nuclear process which can be used to produce a wireless power ?
Is there any nuclear process can be radiate to the environment with no harm to human beings?
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Boiling water reactor
What are the typical power densities in conventional boiling water nuclear reactor per cubic centimeter of fission material?
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What practical issues remain for the adoption of Thorium reactors?
From what I've read on thorium reactors, there's enormous benefit to them. Their fuel is abundant enough to power human civilization for centuries, their fission products are relatively short-lived, ...
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Nuclear physics problem, Why do we use high weight atomic elements?
So as far as I know, nuclear fission uses high weight atomic elements to manufacture power. If the risk of runaway reactions are a major reason for not expanding this technology, why don't we use ...
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Can a nuclear reactor meltdown be contained with molten lead?
If lead can absorb or block radiation, would it be possible to pump molten lead into a reactor core which is melting, so that it would eventually cool and contain the radiation?
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