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Fukushima Are US Nuclear Power Plants Prepared for Earthquakes?
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Elastic scattering of neutrons with hydrogen
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Why is alpha and beta radiation measured in Sievert?
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Japan Earthquake: nuclear plants - Daini (Plant 2)
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US states using the concept of IDR?
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Effect of Solar Storms on the Grid and Nuke Plants?
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Discover Dalton G. Barroso's 'The Physics of Nuclear Explosives' in English
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What is the term for an object with limited access and classified information?
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What is the new title of Reynolds' book on fast breeder reactors?
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Future of Nuclear Industry in Canada
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Fukushima Why is Fukushima nuclear crisis so threatening?
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The Subject of Iranian Nuclear Program (yes, physics related)
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Understanding the "Bank" in RCCA Bank
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What Is the New Name of the US Nuclear Research Institute?
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Byron Nuclear Gen Station Backup Cooling Pumps
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Roadblocks to burning Solid Thorium Fuel
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Where Can Beginners Find Simple Geant4 Program Examples?
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Effect of continuous refueling on decay heat
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Fukushima What are these streaks in this Fukushima endoscope video
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Is there a free version of MCNP visual editor or similar?
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Ongoing Cleanup at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site
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Can WIMS-D5 be run on Windows XP without the source code?
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Choosing the Correct Term for Measuring Energy Generation in MW h
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What does it take to work at ITER?
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Is there a thorium breeder reactor in the USA's Future?
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Recent publications on plasma turbulence.
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What Are Bonner Balls? | Neutron Energy Measurement
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Can Radioactive Material Be Recycled?
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How to avoid electronic equipments getting destroyed from 'Nuclear EMP'?
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Fukushima Debunked: 14,000 Fukushima Deaths in U.S.
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Example of WIMS: Web-based Information Management System
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Triton Depletion Code for SCALE: Solving Reactor Core Activity Issues
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What Are the Economic Challenges of Nuclear Power and LED Street Lighting?
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Passive mechanical safety: thermal sense rods.
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Is the Fission-Fragment Rocket the Future of High-Speed Space Travel?
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Which factors are important for plutonium production?
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The Volume of the reactor and its criticality
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Collecting links to public technical descriptions of NPPs
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India and Thorium reactors progress
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Travelling wave reactor anyone ?
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Is Fusion Practical for Spacecraft?
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Is 85Kr from nuclear fuel rods really a significant risk to human health?
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Questions on reactors and VASIMR
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Help choosing Nuclear Engineering Classes?
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Iodine-131 detected in Europe, source unknown
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Air Cooling Reactor: Max Wattage for Sensible Heatsink
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Explosion at Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility
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Chicago Pile 1 physical/technical details
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Can proton bombardment create cracking in materials?
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Touching weps grade uranium/plutonium
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Which substance is the best moderator for fission reactors?
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Future fusion vs future fission
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Thorium Propulsion: The Possibilities for Aerospace Craft
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Trying to build a fusor at home.
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Sizing a Pressurizer for PWR: Problem & Resource Guide
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Basic steps in modeling a nuclear reactor
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What is the neutron scattering differential cross section?
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Masters in Mechanical or Nuclear for useful in the industry
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Comparing Fusion Work in Physics & Nuclear Engineering
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Where to Find Peer-Reviewed Sources on Nuclear Waste Reprocessing?
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Calculating Power plant's electric output in relation to carnot efficiency
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SONGS Level 2/3 Emergency (Ammonia Leak?)
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Radiation Detection: Filter Electrons Out
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Traveling-Wave Reactor - we need them badly
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What is the most common radiation harming us?
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What difference is between Beta particle and negative charges?
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What substance is giving out from radiation?
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Goods contamination by radiation
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Restoration of a PDR-43 radiac meter?
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Neutron Transport theory & One-speed Diffusion Theory Model.
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Specific Question about PWR Fission Reactors
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Why can’t decay heat be harnessed to safely shutdown a nuclear reactor?
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Explosion at nuclear plant Marcoule
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Elastic and Inelastic neutrons scattering
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Seeking examples reliably safe fission reactor designs
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What Are the Biggest Flaws in Submersed Nuclear Power Plants?
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Rhodium Thermal absorption cross section.
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Doubling time for Breeder Reactor.
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Geewiz help manual + fuel bundle question
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Is General Fusion and Magnetized target fusion legit?
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What are the safety requirements for BWR and PWR core margin and boiling?
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Cyclic Fusion Reactor_Colliding Beams_Final Edition
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Questions Regarding Nuclear Fusion
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Simple question about radioactivity equation
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Coupling between neutronic and thermalhydraulic codes
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Coupling neutronic and thermal hidraulics
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Is the Level Measurement in GE BWRs Accurate During Emergency Situations?
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The Draft of Poster of New Fusion Concept
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Gaseous Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
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Research Paper on Nuclear Power
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Is the New Channel Impacting Nebraska's Nuclear Plant Operations?
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What is the scientific objective of ITER?
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Pn Scattering Order: Definition & Differences
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Programs/codes for criticality calculations
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Software for Nuclear Power Plant Operation Simulation/Analysis?
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Stability of fast neutron reactors with liquid metal coolant.
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Discrimination in nuclear engineering
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Nuclear Engineer - job description
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Why is fusion stronger than fission?
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TVA Bellefonte completion - is it a safe and wise option ?
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