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Weighted delayed neutron fraction?
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Nuclear waste storage container may not be as stable
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Wigner Effect in Metallic Lattices
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Metalic Uranium as a Fuel: Reactor Types and Disadvantages
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How does one acquire isotopically pure elements?
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Abundance of deuterium vs tritium
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Texts in Nuclear Science and Energy
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Thorium Accelerator Driven Nuclear Power - Why not ?
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Burnup rate and Consumption rate
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Why Is PU-239 Preferred in Nuclear Weapons Over Other Fissionable Isotopes?
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Can Iodine Be a Viable Alternative for Fissionable Isotopes?
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MIT Nuclear Engineering Students - Contact for Textbooks
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Where Can I Find Nuclear Well Logging and MRI Animations for Presentations?
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What can we expect from SNC '07 at the 2007 ANS Annual Meeting?
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First criticality and initial heat-up of the reactor core
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Recovering sea-water uranium - what advantage Fusion?
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Radiation Basics | Health Physics Society
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What Are the Specific Isotopes and Decay Processes of Nuclear Waste?
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Which Nuclear Engineering Journals Have the Best Reputation?
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Master's or PhD for NE Career: What's Required?
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Making My Nuke Look Like Your Nuke
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Background Radiation: Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing
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Which is more efficient: Nuclear Q
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Fusion Variable Game: Challenge Your Score at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab!
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What safety measures prevent a LOCA at nuclear power plants?
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How Accurate Are Seismic Estimates of Nuclear Test Yields?
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Is Fission Classified as Capture or Noncapture?
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Do Nuclear Weapons Need to be Tested?
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Beta decay and electron capture.
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Accelerator Driven Systems: Overcoming Engineering Challenges
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Atomic physics topics related to nuclear power?
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What Does 'Gain of the Detection System' Mean in Particle Detection?
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Nuclear Engineering PhD vs. Master's
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Transport fundamentals question
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Fusion Scientists: Inertial & Magnetic Confinement
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Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology
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Can an analytical solution for PRKE be found with ramp reactivity ?
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Final storage containing spent HTR fuel elements
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Greens use against nuclear power is the waste factor
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Can Numerical Simulation Revolutionize Nuclear Reactor Design?
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Question of Sound Fusion Power Generation
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How does Cherenkov radiation work?
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Separation of Isotopes by Laser Excitation
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How is nuclear waste transformed into glass logs?
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Can Electrons and Muons Revolutionize Alternative Energy Sources?
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What Are the Fundamentals of Nuclear Fission for Beginners?
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Why Has the Pursuit of Fusion Technology Persisted Despite Challenges?
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Chernobyl Is Cold Fusion a Valid Argument Against Nuclear Power?
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What are some of the practical problems encountered in modern fusion attempts?
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At what eV will electrons induce Be-10 decay?
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Find Reliable Containment Dome Specs for Amending 10 CFR 73 - Expert Suggestions
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NRDC's position on Nuclear Energy
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Can a nuke power plant just blow up?
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Minimum Nuclear Charge Threshold?
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Are Small Nuclear Power Plants More Efficient and Cost-Effective?
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What Are the Fission Product Ranges in U-235?
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What future advancements can be expected in nuclear power?
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Can Radioisotope Generators Really Put an Elephant to Sleep?
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Why isn't radio wave reflection in the ionosphere direct?
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Materials Models and Simulations for Nuclear Fuels
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New Flux in a Sphere of moderator of Radius R
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Why Do Companies Join Multiple Nuclear Consortia?
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What is the potential energy output of an Americium 242 Fission Engine?
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China’s Advanced TOKAMAK Experiment: Challenges & Solutions
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Nature's 2 billon year old Nuclear reactor
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What is Iran referring to here?
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Materials issues in the radiation environment
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Nuclear Waste from Reactors: Dangers & Uses
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Would this be a viable waste storage method?
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Computing the released energy of several nuclear explosions
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Nuclear Power Supply: How Much Is Left?
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Failures of Nuclear Reactors Materials
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Radioactive isotope with a half-life of 48,000 years
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Fissionable Elements: Breeding, Unstable Isotopes, Critical Mass
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Could Nuclear Thermal Rockets Revolutionize Space Travel?
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Any nuclear engineers want to do an interview
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The Latest in Fusion Reactor Research: Breakthroughs & Challenges
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What is the pressure of gas inside an inertial fusion pellet?
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Neutron Energy Spectrum vs. Neutron Flux
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What are projects about nuclear controlled fusion reactor to achieve Q > 1
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Feasibility of pulsed fusion reactor
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So, would a nuclear engineering degree be good now?
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Prometheus Woes: 150 Employees Left in Limbo After NASA Program Termination
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Can we use Gamma Ray Annihilation as a form of clean energy source?
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Preparing for engineering entrances
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Is Blacklight Power a Revolutionary Energy Source or a Physics Anomaly?
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Can NMR technology reveal the true nature of atomic nuclei?
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Practical size limit to nuclear power plant?
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Neutron Embrittlement of Pressure Vessels
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Managing Blackbody Radiation in Magnetic Confinement Fusion
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How about Can ultrasonic waves create extreme temperatures inside gas bubbles?
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Calculate Gamma Sv in Water Sample with Gamma Spectrometry
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