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What can we expect from SNC '07 at the 2007 ANS Annual Meeting?

  • Astronuc
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First criticality and initial heat-up of the reactor core

  • Lucky mkhonza
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Recovering sea-water uranium - what advantage Fusion?

  • Andrew Mason
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Health Physics Society radiation resources and FAQs

  • Astronuc
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Which Nuclear Engineering Journals Have the Best Reputation?

  • Azael
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Master's or PhD for NE Career: What's Required?

  • ballistikk
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Making My Nuke Look Like Your Nuke

  • marcusl
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Background Radiation: Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing

  • theCandyman
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Which is more efficient: Nuclear Q

  • K.J.Healey
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Fusion Variable Game: Challenge Your Score at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab!

  • theCandyman
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What safety measures prevent a LOCA at nuclear power plants?

  • georgeh
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How Accurate Are Seismic Estimates of Nuclear Test Yields?

  • Orion1
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Is Fission Classified as Capture or Noncapture?

  • cooper7d7
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Do Nuclear Weapons Need to be Tested?

  • Zaharof
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Beta decay and electron capture.

  • theCandyman
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Accelerator Driven Systems: Overcoming Engineering Challenges

  • Azael
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Characterization of materials and radiation biology

  • Nomy-the wanderer
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Atomic physics topics related to nuclear power?

  • Azael
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What Does 'Gain of the Detection System' Mean in Particle Detection?

  • pivoxa15
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Nuclear Engineering PhD vs. Master's

  • nucleargt
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Transport fundamentals question

  • nucleargt
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Fusion Scientists: Inertial & Magnetic Confinement

  • dzza
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Joining the Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology technical group

  • Astronuc
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Can an analytical solution for PRKE be found with ramp reactivity ?

  • unknownreference
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Final storage containing spent HTR fuel elements

  • Lucky mkhonza
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Greens use against nuclear power is the waste factor

  • Princip
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Can Numerical Simulation Revolutionize Nuclear Reactor Design?

  • Astronuc
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Question of Sound Fusion Power Generation

  • scorpio_wan1945
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How does Cherenkov radiation work?

  • raul_l
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Separation of Isotopes by Laser Excitation

  • kaos
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How is nuclear waste transformed into glass logs?

  • Mariko
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Can Electrons and Muons Revolutionize Alternative Energy Sources?

  • ~()
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Why do people use the term fission in nuclear physics?

  • Totam
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Why do scientists keep pursuing fusion despite repeated setbacks?

  • Tsunami
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Chernobyl Is Cold Fusion a Valid Argument Against Nuclear Power?

  • theCandyman
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What are some of the practical problems encountered in modern fusion attempts?

  • bill nye scienceguy!
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At what eV will electrons induce Be-10 decay?

  • RaymondKennethPetry
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Where to find containment dome specs for 10 CFR 73 amendment

  • tehfrr
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NRDC's position on Nuclear Energy

  • motai
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Can a nuke power plant just blow up?

  • alancj
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Minimum Nuclear Charge Threshold?

  • Orion1
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Are Small Nuclear Power Plants More Efficient and Cost-Effective?

  • sunblock
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What Are the Fission Product Ranges in U-235?

  • vanesch
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What future advancements can be expected in nuclear power?

  • Astronuc
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Can Radioisotope Generators Really Put an Elephant to Sleep?

  • Nomy-the wanderer
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Why isn't radio wave reflection in the ionosphere direct?

  • karim102
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Materials Models and Simulations for Nuclear Fuels

  • Astronuc
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New Flux in a Sphere of moderator of Radius R

  • Lucky mkhonza
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Why Do Companies Join Multiple Nuclear Consortia?

  • jhe1984
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What is the potential energy output of an Americium 242 Fission Engine?

  • Intuitive
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What problems do TOKAMAK reactors face in achieving fusion?

  • chaoszen
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Nature's 2 billon year old Nuclear reactor

  • scott1
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What is Iran referring to here?

  • jhe1984
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Materials issues in the radiation environment

  • Astronuc
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Can reactor waste be used to make nuclear weapons?

  • DeathKnight
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Would this be a viable waste storage method?

  • Azael
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Computing the released energy of several nuclear explosions

  • Wickerman
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Nuclear Power Supply: How Much Is Left?

  • munky99999
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Failures of Nuclear Reactors Materials

  • M Usman
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Radioactive isotope with a half-life of 48,000 years

  • AA Institute
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Fissionable Elements: Breeding, Unstable Isotopes, Critical Mass

  • GiTS
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Could Nuclear Thermal Rockets Revolutionize Space Travel?

  • enigma
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Any nuclear engineers want to do an interview

  • jd1828
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Current status of fusion reactor research and obstacles

  • shingetsunohimitsu
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What is the pressure of gas inside an inertial fusion pellet?

  • theCandyman
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Neutron Energy Spectrum vs. Neutron Flux

  • saeedsh
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Feasibility of pulsed fusion reactor

  • caliente
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So, would a nuclear engineering degree be good now?

  • end3r7
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Can we use Gamma Ray Annihilation as a form of clean energy source?

  • Intuitive
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Preparing for engineering entrances

  • vaishakh
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Does radioactive decay slow down at near absolute zero temperatures?

  • Intuitive
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Practical size limit to nuclear power plant?

  • Cliff_J
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Neutron Embrittlement of Pressure Vessels

  • Astronuc
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Managing Blackbody Radiation in Magnetic Confinement Fusion

  • sid_galt
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Interview questions for nuclear engineer term paper

  • aspiring_physicist
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Calculate Gamma Sv in Water Sample with Gamma Spectrometry

  • sdouag
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Spent Reactor Fuel: Can Heat Be Used for District Heating?

  • nrg
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Why not particle accelerators for fusion?

  • RayB
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Recent developments in food irradiation?

  • pivoxa15
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Could Fusion Cavitation be a Possible Factor in the Sun's Reactions?

  • Intuitive
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What materials are used in a nuclear reactor?

  • M Usman
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Fresh student of nuclear engineering

  • Physics71
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How do passive reactors work and what is the Toshiba 4S?

  • theCandyman
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Output of best betavoltaics per size?

  • jim_990
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What is the fusion technique involving tritium rings?

  • Pythagorean
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Are oil companies suppressing fusion power development?

  • Pythagorean
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Nuclear Fusion Reactor & Power Plant: Issues & Challenges

  • FEBAUSA
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National Ignition Facility (NIF)

  • Orion1
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How can we regulate fusion reactions?

  • arman
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How Long Will it Take to Build ITER?

  • theCandyman
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How significant is India's thorium reactor?

  • Yaaks
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Can radiation from nuclear waste break down plastic polymers?

  • munky99999
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How Long Does It Take to Build a Nuclear Power Plant?

  • Pengwuino
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Is Bubble Fusion finally verified?

  • Jikx
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