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The roentgen (R, also röntgen) is a unit of measurement for exposure
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Resonance Self Shielding Correction Definition
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PWR Pressure Drop: Plenum to Plenum Pressure Drop
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Hazardous Radioactive Materials
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Was Fukushima Unit 3 a Nuclear Explosion?
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A fantastic invention or fantasy?
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Nondimentional Diffusion Equation
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Fukushima Fukushima, Japan – Constructing an Effective First Response
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Understanding Ionizing Chambers: Alpha, Beta & Gamma Radiation
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Was Helium ever found in fusion reactors?
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Atomic Mass of Tritium Deuterium - Caveman Logic
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How Does Zirconium React in High-Temperature Environments of Nuclear Reactors?
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Nuclear Waste - Not in my back yard
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Fukushima Water levels in Fukushima reactors?
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The Logic Behind Chernobyl: Control Rods and Moderators
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Nuclear Power Plant criticallity question?
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Is Nuclear Power More Efficient Than Coal in Energy Production?
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Noob questions regarding fusion and fission
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Adjoint flux for multi-group diffusion equation for criticality problem?
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Polywell 1st Quarter 2011 Results Up
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Earthquakes and mitigation of predictable damage?
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Fukushima Total Fukushima radiation releases compared to total core inventories
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Move over uranium here comes Thorium
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What is the Monte Carlo Method for Simulating Neutron Transport using MPI in C?
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Need help with solving nuclear power plant problem
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Nuclear Fusion_New Method_Patent Pending
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Axial xenon distribution in a PWR
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Nuclear Reactor In Ga. Shuts Down Abruptly
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How harmful is nuclear radiation? It depends on the dose received.
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Nuclear power in US - safety against unforeseen situations.
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Liquid Nitrogen Injection Underground Last Defense
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Are Heat Pipes Used in Nuclear Reactors for Heat Removal?
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Thermal Hydraulics: Connect with Experienced Researchers
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UPRATING Of Older US Nuclear Plants
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Heat Conduction with a nuclear source
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Non nuclear part of a nuclear power plant
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Do Japanese authorities need to cool before dismantle
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Burying Nuclear Waste: Is it Necessary?
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Fukushima Total fukushima I-131 release vs chernobyl, in curies
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Calculate total destruction OF NUCLEAR BOMB
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Questions about Fusion - Get Answers Here
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The Absolute Worst Nuclear Reactor Disaster
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Fukushima Underestimating the ongoing disaster at Fukushima vs Chernobyl?
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Radiation protection/ effects of radiation
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Heat released in neutron capture by boron
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Chernobyl Actual, current dose rate levels near Chernobyl.
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Fukushima Radiation Contamination Thread re Fukushima
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Fukushima Will Fukushima Eventually Be Classified as a Level 7 Event Like Chernobyl?
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Contain radioactive fallout in soil
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Fukushima Fukushima: Building the Dike, Filling Water, Solution in 5-6 Years
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Site Engineering at Sea Side Nuclear Power Plants.
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Setting up nuclear plants far away from human populations
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Photo showing decimated reactor building troubles me
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Radioactive materials irrational fears
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What is the Thermal Conductivity of Graphite in Molten Salt Reactors?
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X-Ray Peak Energy: What Determines It?
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Pumping liquid rad waste to ocean vs land
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Comparison of thermonuclear and antimatter explosions of equal yield
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Power from both fusion and fission?
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What Affects the Half Life of Caesium?
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How long until molten nuclear fuel at Fukashima cools and solidifies?
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Japan Radiation months following Bombing in WWII
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Question regarding Actvity and conversion to Gray etc
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Question about spent fuel rod cooling pools in Japàn reactor
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Want help about throttling oriface plate
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Will a faraday cage stop gamma rays?
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Unit Converter: Bq/cu.cm to Bq/L
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Why does a control rod work in a nuclear reactor?
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A practical question from a resident in Tokyo
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Nuclear Engineering Radiation Risks?
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How to set up the balance equation
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How can I accurately calculate the cooling effect of an AGR fuel pin?
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What Are the Design Flaws in Boiling Water vs. Pressurized Water Reactors?
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Fukushima Does Fukushima change anything?
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Moderator to fuel ratio and under-moderation in different lattices
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Outlook of Nuclear Engineering in the U.S.A.?
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Nuclear reactor physics text recommendation
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Oxide Measurement of a fuel element.
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Fukushima Fukushima plant - should I leave Japan?
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Build a Fusor: Static Electric Field & Alt. Sides
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Fukushima Daiichi Reactors: Exploring a Controlled Meltdown
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Fission Products: Harnessing Heat to Produce Electricity?
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Why isn't the cooling system power-independent?
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Is a criticality event possible in the Japan nuclear crisis?
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Effect of Earthquake on Newer Reactors
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Japan Radioactivity Spreading to West Coast of US
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools not dry in 4?
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There must be a trick to pumping water into a reactor (I’ll explain)
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Quick and dirty fix for a leaking plant
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Is there a certain material that absorbs X-Rays so that the X-Rays don't escape
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Do wooden wall or window glass give good protection from penetrating radiation
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Japan Nuclear Crisis: US Impact
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How Can I Safely Conduct Liquid Sodium Wicking Experiments in a Sealed Tube?
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Nuclear Fission Q&A: Japan Disaster & Fuel Rods
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Irradiate PtCl2 in a reactor core
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Nuclear Operation: Understanding PT Limiting Curve & Radiation Effects
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Help me about: problem of Thermal Hydraulic
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Detonating the world's entire nuclear arsenal at once
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Where did the expansion for particle accelerators come from?
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Chernoble article on As It Happens
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