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Continuing to study physics or move to nuclear engineering?
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Introduction to Nuclear Fusion -- books I can read on my phone?
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What causes instabilities in tokamaks?
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What is the estimated cost of nuclear fusion research since its inception?
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Fukushima Is it safe to live 100 km from Fukushima for short time?
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MCNP volumetric source definition
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MCNP Error: JCO, Cell Cards & Surface Cards
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MCNP Cylindrical Phantom Calculation Help
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Uranium conversion / reprocessing TRU isotopes
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Difference between a tokamak and a spherical tokamak
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Newly Declassified Atmospheric Test Footage
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Seeking Information on the Orkney Uranium Deposit
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Why does 135Xe have a high thermal neutron cross section?
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Lockheed's compact fusion reactor question
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Helium Scarcity and Gas Cooled Reactors
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What material stops a meltdown?
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Uses of Nuclear Fusion: Beyond a Green Energy Source
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How do tokamaks extract helium from the fusion plasma?
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What are we striving towards with fusion reactors?
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Accident at kakrapar atomic power station 2016
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The difference between the first wall and plasma-facing
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Can Ionizing Radiation Be Directly Converted to Electricity?
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Reactor Channel Layout: RBMK, PWR, CANDU Comparison
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Tokamaks and plasma confinement
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How to Handle WIMS Reactor Physics Codes for Radial Neutron Flux Analysis?
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Spacecraft reactor sheilding and heat radiators
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Deuterium in Well Water: Is It Different from Sea Water?
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Prompt neutrons, delayed neutrons, chain reaction control
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Why Did Hyman Rickover Choose Light Water Reactors Over Other Technologies?
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What prevents high Beta plasma confinement and how to overcome the problems....
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Could a US East Coast Test Site Have Reduced Fallout Contamination?
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High Pressurizer Level: Consequences & Pressure
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Can Low Pressure Fission Reactors Improve Efficiency and Lower Costs?
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Service Limits of a Nuclear Reactor
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Is it possible to learn RELAP5 without a teacher and access to the software?
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What Is the Role of Natural Fission in Our Universe?
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Did Star Trek's Nuclear Mortar Have a Real-Life Counterpart?
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Diamond vs. glass -- thermal properties
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Radioisotopic dating with isotopes of different masses
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How Were Nuclear Detonation Triggers Designed to Prevent Accidental Explosions?
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Advice for a composition about nuclear power production
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What is the grid loss problem for fusion?
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What Are the Implications of Indian Point's Closure for NYC's Energy Future?
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Number of secondaries generated in a volume MCNP?
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How Do Submarines Dispose of Waste Heat?
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How does the Tamper in a nuclear bomb survive?
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Tritium Problem: Why Is It a Challenge for Nuclear Energy?
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How long can nuclear plants last without power? (CME hit)
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Steam Generator Technology in Nuclear Power Plants
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Where Do Extra Electrons Come From in Nuclear Fission Chain Reactions?
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Achieve Nuclear Fusion By Splitting Atoms
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How to obtain MCNP tally data that is *not* normalized by nps
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Soviet Supercritical Water Reactors?
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Can anyone with these error messages
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F7 tally vs. power distribution
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Chernobyl How Will the New Chernobyl Containment Work?
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Using Fuel Ponds to Produce Power?
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Solve MCNP Error in Vised: Repeated Structures
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Tracking Fusion Progress and Performance Gains
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Is the use of materials to confine nuclear fusion ruled out?
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How Can I Resolve a Fatal Error Description of Cell 27 in MCNP?
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Can Beryllium-7 Decay Be Controlled for Energy Production?
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Why is hydrogen added to BWR coolant but not PWR coolant?
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How do ions and electrons follow directions in a stellarator
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Carbon 14 Volatility: Ease of Dislodging from Graphite & Diamond
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Calculate delayed neutron fraction
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Nuclear Engineering and Chemistry Concern
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Latest Update on ITER's First Plasma: 2025 and Beyond
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A Role for Fusion? (to eliminate nuclear waste)
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Fixing Error: 10 Particles Got Lost in Fast Reactor Model
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MCNP Gamma Decay: Neutron & Photon Calculation in Reactor Cores
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Information of secondary neutron source in French PWR
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Neutron Flux in a sub-critical reactor
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Star Core Nuclear | Small HTGC Reactor Credentials
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OCD and Fear of Radiation Contamination
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Watts Bar Unit 2: Impact on Industry?
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What is the uncertainty in the activity of Cesium 137 over time?
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Guidance or tutorial of applying pseudo-material method
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Record for Nuclear Fusion Set in MIT Tokamak Reactor
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How to calculate the drag force of a Bussard ramjet?
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Ratio of cosmic and cosmogenic radiation
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Has anyone been able to install TALYS?
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Alternative RTG Fuel: Exploring Pb210, Pu241, Ac227, Cm242, and Pm147
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When will JET switch to DT fuel and what is the latest news on the ST40 tokamak?
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Performing statistical checks in MCNP5
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Advice on possible nuclear contamination
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Gap Conduction in Nuclear Fuel rod Performance Codes
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Role of the control rods during the core cycle
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Improving Efficiency in MCNP Neutron Simulations: Tips and Tricks for Beginners
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Plasma-Electrode Pockel Cell (PEPC)
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What about ITER's plans makes it sustainable?
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Using F4 Tally on Hexagonal Lattice Geometry
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Is a Career in Nuclear Engineering Promising for an Arab/Jordanian Student?
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Half-Life & Flux: Is Decay Formula Relevant?
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Question about becquerel of nuclear waste over time
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Understanding F6 Tallies in MCNP Simulations
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Thought about a subnuclear reaction
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Calculating Power Output of a Vapor Core Reactor
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Chernobyl Fate of Chernobyl's vehicle graveyard
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Rod Motion -> power level calc +loss of all station air
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