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Uranium power/weight ratio in fission reactors

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Refer to aneutronic reactions as though they are fusion

  • cdhuntsman
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.CNF files conversion, SPEDAC Pro

  • we are the robots
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Building a radioisotope thermoelectric generator at home

  • Lord Flasheart
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What is the estimated mass of a 20MW focus fusion reactor?

  • seamo_k
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Where can I find code for reactor physics study

  • vatly
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Are you a nuclear enthusiast too?

  • yourdadonapogostick
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Nuclear engineering jobs and living in major cities

  • tehfrr
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Disposing of nuclear waste under Earth's crust

  • Antiphon
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Use black holes as energysource

  • Sariaht
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Radioactive Boyscout: Real-Life Story of a Teenager's Quest for Nuclear Fusion

  • FredGarvin
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Background radiation on Earth quantified?

  • Causality
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Hans Bethe's Just-Published Views on Global Energy Problems

  • selfAdjoint
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Should we revive Project Orion for solar system exploration?

  • quetzalcoatl9
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Is the Fusor or Plasma Focus a Realistic Option for Controlled Fusion?

  • FEBAUSA
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Nuclear Now - Article on Wired.com

  • Astronuc
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Space Nuclear Conference 2005 (SNC '05)

  • Astronuc
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What makes Purdue University's Nuclear Engineering program stand out?

  • PurdueNUCL
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Role of reactivity in nuclear reactors

  • Lisa!
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What Countries Have Nuclear Reactors Producing Energy?

  • Pengwuino
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Breeder reactors = Virtually limitless energy?

  • Jikx
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Indian scientist who claimed to have caused cold fusion in a lab

  • maverickmathematics
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United Nuclear uranium ore activity levels and measurement methods

  • theCandyman
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Is Infinite Energy Magazine Worth Reading?

  • sniffer
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What are first through fourth generation nuclear reactors?

  • hahaha
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One of the waste products of many nuclear power plants is heat

  • ohwilleke
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How is Lawson's criterion derived and what plasmas does it apply to?

  • sid_galt
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MIT Courses - Nuclear Plant Safety and Materials Reliability

  • Astronuc
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Table-top Fusion: Read Here for Latest Nature

  • ZapperZ
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Space propulsion lecture questions.

  • theCandyman
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Atoms whose protons have been stripped off can fuse?

  • sid_galt
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Why Are Conventional Nuclear Power Plants Not Utilizing Fission Resonance?

  • Clausius2
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Has power from fusion gone up by 14 orders of magnitude?

  • JesseM
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Can a Star in a Jar be the Ultimate Weapon?

  • Spin_Network
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Researching Tokamaks: Cost, Hazards, Alternatives

  • misogynisticfeminist
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What are the principal nuclear fusion reactions and their reaction rates?

  • Astronuc
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Is it Possible to Switch to Nuclear Engineering at the Graduate Level?

  • Maxwell
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What is the expected completion date for Olkiluoto-3 EPR in Finland?

  • Astronuc
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What Is the Final Direction of Fusion Products in the XYZ Axis?

  • sid_galt
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Endothermic nuclear fusion reactions

  • sid_galt
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I want to be a nuclear engineer

  • QuantumTheory
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The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

  • garytse86
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Calculating the Potential of a Beryllium Beam for Energy Generation

  • vlamir
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Nuclear power plants and environmental protest contradictions

  • Pengwuino
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State of the art nuclear reactors?

  • RR
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Nuclear physics studies applications

  • vijay sai K.
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When will fusion power be economically viable?

  • tozhan
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Is Fear of Radioactive Material Linked to OCD?

  • F Gump
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Can a neodymium demagnetizer induce radioactivity in steel?

  • F Gump
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How big of a threat is North Korea?

  • QuantumTheory
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How does nuclear fission convert mass into energy?

  • theCandyman
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What is a Radioisotope Glove Box?

  • Kieron
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What Are the Key Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Fission?

  • jai6638
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Radioactive decay and radiation interactions homework

  • lololai
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Nuclide Data: Uranium, Thorium, Carbon, Hydrogen, Lead

  • desibrij_1785
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Can the effects of a nuclear bomb be mitigated through energy redirection?

  • sid_galt
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Estimate Alpha Particle Energy in Nuc. Eng. Problem

  • gump
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What coolant do Navy nuclear reactors currently use?

  • poormanq45
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Can depleted uranium rounds cause cancer from radioactivity?

  • i_wish_i_was_smart
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Impertinent nuclear en. question

  • Clausius2
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Nuclear Material Temperatures - RTG Thoughts

  • Arctic Fox
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Can we create a zero-radiation nuclear bomb for peaceful purposes?

  • alpha_wolf
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Is the NERVA Program's Decline a Setback for Nuclear Space Propulsion?

  • kapton
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How did a kid build a functioning reactor?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Is helium-3 a better fuel for fusion reactors than deuterium-tritium?

  • Aquamarine
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Morbius comments. Split from Three Mile Island (survey)

  • Morbius
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Nuclear Alternative for RTG Experiment?

  • Arctic Fox
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Should the U.S. store its Nuclear Waste in Nevada's Yucca Mountain?

  • Tom McCurdy
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China's Nuclear Power: Peabody-Bed Reactor and Hydrogen Future

  • Aquamarine
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Converting Doppler coefficient from °F to Kelvin units

  • eulerpi
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Why aren't nuclear power plants built underground?

  • Arctic Fox
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Nuclear fuel resources: Enough to last?

  • Aquamarine
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What is the Charge Change in Beta Decay of Sodium to Magnesium?

  • Matt-235
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Can a Hilsch tube separate uranium isotopes?

  • selfAdjoint
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Heavy Water: Is It Legal To Buy?

  • rasperas
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Is Cold Fusion Possible with Palladium and Heavy Water?

  • Kojac
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How do nuclear reactions work?

  • apex
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What material do they make radiation suits from?

  • jackle
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How far does a gamma beam go in the atmosphere?

  • Gonzolo
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Futuristic Power: Neutrino Reactors

  • Entropy
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How can such chemical substances give us cancer ?

  • Pattielli
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Is a Decades/Centuries-Long Fission Reactor Possible?

  • nuclear
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What Are the Potential Applications of Hafnium-Powered Reactions?

  • Kojac
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How great the world would be without bombs

  • Dagenais
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Visiting Fermi Lab particle accelerator facility near Chicago

  • Chuckmaster
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Writing a fictional story about nuclear plant disasters

  • Esperanto
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Convert 1 amu or 1 mol to grams

  • Chuckmaster
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Absorption cross section and irradiation

  • Chuckmaster
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Force of Nuclear Pulsed Propultion

  • jeremyb
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What is Nuclear Pulsed Propulsion and How Can I Demonstrate It?

  • jeremyb
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Neutron energies at which C14 is produced

  • radagast
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Science experiment with treated water and alloy screens producing thrust

  • truthrev
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How Do Cooling Towers Function in Nuclear Reactors?

  • McLaren
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