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How Can Plasma Be Created and Ignited in Toroidal Fusion Reactors?

  • Joseph Chikva
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To pursue a PhD in NE with materials specialization

  • victorconan
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Why don't Tokamaks blow up whenever they lose confinement?

  • nlieb
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What is it, that makes an absorber a good radiation absorber?

  • Explorer_99
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Converting Proton Kenetic Energy to Electicity

  • MonroeIns
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Is NE degree with low gpa worth anything?

  • ne1
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Solving a Nuclear System I Exercise: Steam Generator Tube Type CE

  • vietbilk
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I am looking for differences between electron and ion plasma frequency

  • david allen
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Time dependent surface temperature of a nuclear fuel rod

  • nukapprentice
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Radioactive waste will stay dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years

  • clancy688
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Penning ion source operating principle

  • Tayfun
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FREEMAN ION SOURCE Design and Optimization for Increased Beam Density

  • david allen
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Why aren't jet pumps used as main coolant pumps in PWRs?

  • rmattila
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Finding power change due to prompt jump

  • doublemint
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K-40 Gamma Ray Branching Ratio: 10.67%

  • royalbd
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Understanding the Role of Fuel Rods in a BWR - Explained Simply

  • biferi
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How can you use MCNP to do time-dependent reactor calculations?

  • mdcpablo
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Nuclear Engineers Working in Plasma or Ion Propulsion

  • bomanimc
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Nuclear engineering grad school advice and future

  • varun.kalra13
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Extracting thermal neutron cross-sections from ENDF libraries?

  • Hologram0110
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The time for reactor shutdown to refuel

  • googlefans
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Any other incidents/accidents like this ?

  • paawansharmas
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Non-Steam Based Magnetic Generator?

  • dbmorpher
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Why ITER is a Useless Investment: The Truth about Tritium and Tokamaks

  • Enthalpy
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If you were a medical physicist?

  • raldenorsful
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Can EPROMs Be Effective UV Light Detectors?

  • ruudlustig
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How can a Wilson cloud chamber be used to detect ionizing radiation?

  • Cjen1
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Is a Nuclear Engineering Degree Necessary for Graduate School?

  • bomanimc
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How to calculate critical atom density of a slab reactor?

  • dss91
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Wims-d5 (4) program needed. (Winfrith Improved Multigroup Scheme)

  • johghn
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Scope of PhD for a Mathemacian in Nuclear Engineering

  • abs.manik
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How does cooling work in a nuclear power plant?

  • biferi
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Calculating Pressure Drop in Two-Phase Flow

  • StudioSaturn
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Fukushima Could Solar Flares Trigger 700 Nuclear Meltdowns?

  • Jeem
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US Navy Nuclear Program (Propulsion)

  • aliaze1
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Understanding the Different Modes of Potassium-40 Decay

  • Stanley514
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Questions about homemade particle accelerators

  • JamKnox
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Want community feedback on the CrossFire Fusion Reactor

  • kremit
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Basic Nuclear Fusion question on Binding energy

  • JonDawe
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AECL CANDU Reactor Devision SOLD

  • Hologram0110
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Will the new ITER fusion reactor actually work?

  • northernbear
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Brightness of Radioluminescense?

  • Alumen
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What temperature does molten corium burn at?

  • Kutt
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Query About Website: Blast Simulation Effects

  • TheSymbol
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Questions about nuclear energy and nuclear waste.

  • Curiouscitize
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New Nuclear Educational Website

  • K1Project
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How Do You Calculate Radiation Doses from Radioisotopes in mSv/h?

  • Stephan_doc
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Are Nodal Methods More Accurate or Just Simplified Solutions?

  • libertad
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Is There a More Efficient Way to Generate Electricity from Nuclear Energy?

  • gildomar
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Problems associated with ex-core detectors ?

  • paawansharmas
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How to transfer designed capacity to estimate production ?

  • JJ91
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Computational Physics and Advanced Computing in Nuclear Engineering

  • Astronuc
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NE B.S. vs. NE and CHEM E joint major

  • ne1
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What Are the Free Alternatives to Nucleonica.net?

  • Mickey1
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What Are the Key Mysteries in Plasma Physics?

  • zheng89120
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What is the Doppler coefficient and how does it affect wave frequency?

  • googlefans
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How can I calculate view factor using MCNP for radiation heat transfer?

  • seedsluis
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The dynamic heat transfer in tube wall

  • law&theorem
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Summer project ideas? Possibly a cyclotron?

  • WormBanshee
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One group neutron diffusion calculation

  • savana
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What Does Imp:n=0 Mean in MCNP and How Does it Affect Tally Results?

  • seedsluis
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Experience with converting HWR fueled with NU to LEU?

  • vifteovn
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Advice for up and coming nuclear engineers

  • Jbluepulaski
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Chemical Engineering B.S to Nuke Eng M.S?

  • Jval
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Producing Uranium for Peaceful vs Weapon Use: Explained

  • nukeman
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Any concerns over recent choices of NRC Chairpeople

  • Goldenlemur
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Getting a job in Nuclear Engineering

  • adg5151
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Detailed control room schematics?

  • swbrown
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Is there any other Nuclear Engineering forum?

  • googlefans
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Best Linux OS to install/run MCNP with MPI or MPICH

  • mattmac.nuke
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Where can I buy a nuclear power plant section plan?

  • reboothit
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Feasibility of a Nuclear-Powered Locomotive

  • lpetrich
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What are the sources of neutrons in starting up a nuclear reactor?

  • tiepngh
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Relation of atomic and mass enrichment?

  • OneMoreName
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Control of coolant temperature in a nuclear reactor

  • shrvn
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Optimization of Core Loading Patterns

  • libertad
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Nuclear waste - is it possible to use it all via fast reactors?

  • Jarob22
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UK Plutonium Problem: Fast Reactor or MOx Plant?

  • koab1mjr
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What happens when two EM waves collide on matter?

  • toneboy1
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What is measured in a fast reactor for power calculation : fast neutron flux or

  • paawansharmas
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Graphite Moderator Explained: Carbon's Atomic Structure & Neutron Moderation

  • Johnleprekan
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I am a beginner user of MCNP and is still learning how to use it. When

  • NuclearEng12
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Help with MCNP5 Output Analysis

  • yusri6347
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Questions about fast reactors and nuclear waste

  • Cactor
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Discriminators in circuits for Neutron Detection

  • mattmac.nuke
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Information on Teller–Ulam hydrogen bomb design

  • exet
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Internship in nuclear engineering for a foreign student

  • Tommy.E
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Extracting Uranium from seawater

  • zheng89120
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Welcome to the PWR 1000MWe SBO TD AFW Q&A

  • matt222
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Any Tips for Coupling Neutronic and Thermalhydraulic Codes?

  • khalid03ma
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Is a Career in Energy Consulting Realistic for Nuclear Engineers?

  • ChaseDuncan
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How is Japan generating electricity

  • gmax137
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Best graduate programs for GEN IV reactor design

  • DF19
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Scientists See Solution to Critical Barrier to Fusion

  • Drakkith
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What Factors Limit the Burn-Up of RBMK Reactor Fuel?

  • vifteovn
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Fukushima Fukushima: spent fuel pools & Hiroaki Koide

  • plusik
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