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Irradiating graphite taget coated with silicon-glue

  • CyrilM
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Chernobyl Visiting Chernobyl: tours, radiation risks, and reactor access

  • nuclear-boy
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PWR plant cycle analysis with 85% isentropic efficiency

  • marlh
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DearsIs there any similar equation (in Lamarsh or hamilton books)

  • Saif al-dean
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What is the major problem in developing SCWR's nuclear reactor?

  • candice_84
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Finding a cheap alpha emitter for 5 Ci transmutation source

  • Strat-O
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Opinions on the Polywell fusion power system

  • BrianConlee
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Gamma Spectroscopy: NAI vs Germanium Detector Accuracy

  • candice_84
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NIF Laser sets records for neutron yield

  • mheslep
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How does pressurized water stay below boiling in a reactor core?

  • ananthu
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Know of an open source Boltzmann solver for photon transport?

  • flo55
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The difference between microscopic and macroscopic cross sections.

  • CaptainMayhem
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Help w/BWR Array: Guide Rods/Tubes in 8x8 Assembly

  • MuonSchmloun
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Reactor scram due to inadvertent opening of multiple safety relief valves

  • d01100001
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Alpha Spectroscopy Low Energy Error

  • terryphi
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Effect of continuous refueling on decay heat

  • marlh
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Diffusion equation and neutron diffusion theory

  • Astronuc
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Help debugging DANTSYS and MCNP code

  • KevinNukkE
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How Do I Interpret MCNP Output Table 140 for Reaction Rates?

  • Azael
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Pebble Bed Reactor - a fuel nightmare?

  • Andrew Mason
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Looking for information on nuclear control systems

  • jbs87
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Do Decay Rates Matter in Nuclear Power Generation?

  • MaeWest
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Calculation of gain for pellet with some layers

  • leila8061
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Is Direct Energy Conversion Possible in Nuclear Fusion Reactors?

  • DaemonStudent
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Reactor's waste heat dissipation in space

  • aquitaine
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What Are the Primary Radiation Concerns for Workers in Nuclear Plants?

  • The Prince
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What type of pump is used in nuclear plant pump houses?

  • new_age
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Materials and plans for building a Farnsworth fusor

  • Kevin_Axion
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Should we be shipping radioactive waste through the Great Lakes?

  • encorp
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Calculating activity using half life

  • Kira127
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Electric Fusion: Can High Energy Density Electric Fields Work?

  • sid_galt
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Computation in nuclear engineering

  • hiraku0n
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Nuclear power plants, perfect military targets

  • Enthalpy
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What are the waste products from a deuterium and tritium fusion reaction?

  • paulhunn
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Finding Health Physics Resources

  • Milentije
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How can a hohlraum prevent laser fusion instability?

  • spurserh
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Fusion via Inertial Confinement

  • bill nye scienceguy!
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Miniature nuclear reactor as a project?

  • Karthikthe
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The neutron diffusion coefficient

  • Saif al-dean
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Would it be feasible to dump nuclear waste inside active volcano's

  • Benzoate
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High-level nuclear waste storage and reprocessing options

  • Jon Richfield
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Does nuclear power cost massive billion gov subsidies?

  • ensabah6
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Can Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Solve the Issue of Nuclear Waste?

  • verygood
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Calculating the concentration of radon?

  • cosuroca
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Should I Pursue Graduate School in Nuclear Engineering or Physics?

  • DukeLuke
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Down-scaled nuclear pulse propulsion

  • vemvare
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Why do some nuclear plants have cooling towers and others don't?

  • verygood
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Calculating Fission Cross-Sections for Nuclear Reactor Fuel Designs

  • TebatsoM
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Neutron scattering vs absorption cross-section relationship

  • Jkay
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What does flux must be finite mean in the diffusion equation?

  • candice_84
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Where can I find information about nuclear plant start-up procedures?

  • candice_84
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Steam quality, mass flow rate, temperature and pressure of the steam

  • candice_84
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Do regulatory costs make nuclear cheaper in China than the US?

  • mhs25
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Software for designing nuclear plant piping and electrical systems

  • candice_84
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How painful is it to die from acute radiation poisoning?

  • The_Absolute
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Form of energy released by fission bombs

  • Sakha
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Radio Frequency Quadrupole Linac Question

  • Strat-O
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Is Nuclear Propulsion for Civilian Maritime Vessels a Security Risk?

  • RISHIKESAN02
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Can 2 Marbles Create an EMP from a Nuclear Reaction?

  • Razzor7
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Why are hydrogen bombs difficult to build?

  • RuiMonteiro
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Project : Create a PWR simulator

  • cumulocirrus
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Cross section data, how to fill in the gaps?

  • Strat-O
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Is my U-238 Decay Chain Program Accurate After 4.468 Billion Years?

  • jae1227
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U238 for Aerospace Propulsion (Traveling Wave Reactor)

  • sanman
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PH of UO2SO4 in H2O - Learning Suggestions

  • dougbrown999
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Patenting Next Gen Reactors: Is It Worth It?

  • west_cost
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Corrosion-Resistant Alloys for Nuclear Reactors

  • candice_84
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Mathematical model for reducing mri noise

  • landa110
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How the energy generated by nuclear fussion is extracted?

  • Leronira
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What is the meaning of 'kappa' in Parcs cross-section input files?

  • SebastianF
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Can a BSME graduate successfully transition into Nuclear Engineering?

  • 6Stang7
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Safety margin to acceptance criteria

  • seismic80
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What exactly is an adjoint flux?

  • Uranium
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Nuclear energy in militay submarines

  • Dav333
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Radiation and Plants: Do They Mix?

  • nuclear-boy
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How is radioactive contamination decontaminated?

  • aquitaine
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Nuclear Engineering graduate school advice?

  • aliaze1
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Radiation risk from school experiments?

  • Barto
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The temperature dependence of target ionization(Z(T))

  • leila8061
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What is environmental impact for mining, processing nuclear fuel?

  • ensabah6
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B.S. M.S and Phd in Nuclear Engineering

  • Thermalne
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Visual effects of Nukes in Space

  • ph4tman
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How Accurate Are Simulations in Advancing Fusion Research?

  • HTGRBoy
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How to build a breeder reactor

  • nuclear-boy
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Core Design: Questions on Codes Used

  • Uranium
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Space Waste Disposal: A Sustainable Solution?

  • LasTSurvivoR
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Is the AP1000's PCCS a Cause for Concern?

  • nismaratwork
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Crossfire fusor fusion reactor: legitimate or scam

  • CrazyEgg
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Is nuclear energy a viable solution for our energy problems?

  • Hologram0110
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Free books on nuclear reactor statistics

  • Saif al-dean
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Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology

  • Astronuc
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Nuclear Engineering jobs for Mechanical Engineers?

  • only_huce
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Nuclear Engineering - Grad School R.O.I.?

  • tehfrr
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