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Energy Crisis Ionizing Plasma Generator
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Would a universal open-source blueprint/design posted online?
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Is Hyperion Power Generation Real?
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Fusion for Students: Cheapest Neutron & X-Ray Detectors, Vacuum Pumps, Deuterium
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As CO2-GWD, how does nuclear compares to natural gas and oil?
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Finding the Right Generator for a Steam Power Plant
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Conversion from mCi to SV and Vice Versa
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How does Uranium energy equivalence compare to coal in power production?
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Need to interview a professional engineer (help)
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Nuclear Detection Tech: Airborne Sensors for NYC?
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Can Oscillating Magnetic Fields Induce Beta Decay in Radioactive Materials?
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Nuclear Reactor Feedback System
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Neutron flux of nuclear reactor
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What Does 'Remise à l'Aire' Mean in English?
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China Nuclear Power: AP1000 Adoption Analysis
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Build Nuclear Power Plant in Record Time - No Red Tape
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Safety protocols for nuclear power
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Benefit of using Nodal method instead of finite difference method?
  • libertad
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Is Hydrogen Economy Viable Without Fusion Energy?
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Whats the holdup with Fusion Power?
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Fissionable Elements - Substitute teacher looking for answer
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What is the link between nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations?
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Run WIMS-D5 on Win XP: Solutions & Alternatives
  • libertad
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What Is the True Energy Cost of Achieving a Fusion Energy Gain Factor?
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Redundancy Concept and ECCS in NPP
  • kollier
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Is Nuclear Engineering the Next Hot Job?
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Neutron absorption cross section
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Which Photon Buildup Model in Shielding is Most Reliable?
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New Fusion Researcher from Down Under | Steven
  • beeresearch
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Calculating Safe Distance for Unshielded Iridium-192 Source in Radiography
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Is nuclear engineering the hardest? what is the easiest?
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Hamilton nuclear reactor analysis
  • saeedsh
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Explore Alternative Transient Analysis Codes for Neutronic Operations
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Microshielding calculation for nuclear facilities
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Accidental contact with a radioactive substance
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Pros and Cons of Fusion Power Generation
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What is stuied in Nuclear Engineering?
  • php111
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Is a NERVA Rocket Safe to Use in an Atmosphere?
  • aquitaine
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Burning nuclear-grade graphites
  • Azael
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Probably s tupid question but
  • roy2008
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Make a Fusion Generator with $10K, 10 People, 1 Year
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Conversions from MeV to Rad or Gy
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Questions about fusion (from a high-schooler)
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Hypothetical: Large Thermonuclear Detonation
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How dangerous is plutonium ingestion?
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What elements are used to prevent losing neutrons?
  • Physicsissuef
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Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239: Which is Better for Atomic Bombs?
  • brandy
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Cost of Little Boy & Fat Man | Plutonium & Uranium Prices
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Why does Uranium-238 absorb fast moving neutrons
  • Ed Aboud
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Radioactive Materials: Skin Contamination Risk & Spread Possibilities
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Power Coefficient in PWRs - Fuel & Coolant Temp. Coeff.
  • libertad
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Could fusion be generated with very high voltage?
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Calculate the entropy for a power plant
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Nuclear Mathematics: Simplifying Complex Equations in Reactor Physics
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Why is artificial transmutation not started?
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Is it possible to produce a centafuges machines?
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Why we need heavy water to produce plutonium?
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How Much Electricity Can Be Generated from the Decay Heat of Nuclear Waste?
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Is Rocketing Nuclear Waste into the Sun a Viable Solution?
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Atomic X and Gamma Rays: Physical Process
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U235 Centrafuges Needed to Make a Nuclear Weapon
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15 new reactor applications to NRC
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Station blackout in nuclear power plants
  • kollier
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Convert Voltage Readings to Radiation Dose Rate (Sievert)
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MOX Fuel Usage in 3rd Gen Reactors: Questions & Comments
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Chemical form of uranium in a bomb?
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Was the Reactor Vessel Damaged in the TMI Accident?
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Solve Diffusion Equation for Neutron Flux in Multiplying Sphere
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Thorium vs Uranium: Examining Heat Transfer Efficiency
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Safety of a pebble bed reactor.
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How Can We Effectively Destroy An Asteroid Headed for Earth?
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I heard that if you took a peice of the sun the size of a pinpoint
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How important is chemistry for this major?
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Smallest Possible N-Fuel Elements?
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Magnetic confinement field range
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How do i find quantities in fusion formulae
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What Happens to Beta Particles in Empty Space?
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Thermonuclear plasma turbine powerplant?
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What evidence supports the possibility of nuclear fusion in palladium cathodes?
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A few questions about atoms splitting and some about cold fusion
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Space Rockets and Space Aircrafts
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Thickness of oxidation layer on fuel elements.
  • vanesch
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Thermodynamics Temp/Enthelpy in HTS
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So I joined the Navy to be a Nuke.
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Aftermath: Population Zero view of unattended nuke plants
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What is the difference between burnup and depletion calculations?
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Void reactivity and over/under moderation
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Xenon Poisoning: Decay & First Order Diff. Eqns
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Nuclear Engineering - International Students
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Nuclear Engineering_Undergraduate_Help
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Ba-133 Neutron Capture Cross Section - Thermal & Excited States
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Will there ever be nuclear powered cars?
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Why don't we drop medical waste and nuclear waste into active volcanoes?
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Could Home Nuclear Generators Be a Viable Alternative for Heating?
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Can You Review My RBMK Reactor Diagram?
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How Is Proper Calibration Achieved for SCAs Using Cesium-137?
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Looking for a good textbook/book
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How to find neutron capture and fission cross section
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Capabilities of International Linear Collider and the Tesla Cavities
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Can nuclear waste be converted into electricity?
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