Nuclear decay cannot be controlled or stimulated to occur on demand; it is inherently random. While there are rare exceptions, such as dysprosium-163 and Rhenium-187, these do not apply to the management of nuclear waste. Transmutation is a viable method for reducing certain types of nuclear waste, but it does not involve manipulating radioactive decay processes. Overall, the consensus in the discussion is that attempts to control decay through methods like introducing entangled particles are not feasible.
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discountbrain said:Your answer is 'no'.
Fascinating question. I've wondered the same thing myself.Recycler said:Is it theoretically possible to stimulate a radioactive nucleus so that it decays on demand instead of randomly?Could this be used to accelerate decay of dangerous fission by-products?
As an aside.we are seeing in this discussion,mfb said:No.
There are few exceptions: some nuclei can decay only if they don't have electrons around them (e. g. dysprosium-163) or do so much faster (e. g. Rhenium-187), and some need electrons around them to decay (e. g. rubidium-83), but those are rare exceptions, and none of them is relevant for nuclear waste.
Transmutation is a working method to get rid of some of the waste, but that is not based on the radioactive decay of the waste.
Thank you.discountbrain says we can't try everything.I agree,however if I knew exactly how,I would like to try introducing entangled particles into the radioactive atom.Could a state change at this point initiate a change in the atom's state?Trying the right things might be very informative.Visualizing the future of the entangled system has been mentioned recently in the literature.mfb said:No.
There are few exceptions: some nuclei can decay only if they don't have electrons around them (e. g. dysprosium-163) or do so much faster (e. g. Rhenium-187), and some need electrons around them to decay (e. g. rubidium-83), but those are rare exceptions, and none of them is relevant for nuclear waste.
Transmutation is a working method to get rid of some of the waste, but that is not based on the radioactive decay of the waste.
No. And this has nothing to do with entanglement.Recycler said:Could a state change at this point initiate a change in the atom's state?