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About Steve Nelson
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Expertise
I'm currently at a branch of the University of Texas working on an advanced nuclear reactor. Generation IV nuclear reactors. Radiation safety. Nuclear fusion.

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Working on a Generation IV nuclear reactor in the design stages right now. Doctoral research on stellar nuclear fusion reactions.

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Ph.D. in physics (nuclear physics), Duke University.

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Steve Nelson 
In Category  Nuclear Power

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Can the use of nuclear energy be justified?9/28/2009
  Q: Can the use of nuclear energy be justified? What are the facts, stastistics & case studies regarding ...
  A: Of course it can, or we wouldn't use it. Since you asked a question with such a massive scope, I'm ...
Uranium6/10/2009
  Q: if we make electricity from 10gram of uranium instead of making an atomic bomb so how long this ...
  A: What is 109 Uranium? By what process are you making electricity, in a reactor? Reactors and bombs ...
nuclear fusion3/12/2009
  Q: What are environmental impacts of fusion?
  A: There are few compared to other power sources. Fusion produces minimal nuclear waste compared to ...
Aneutronic fusion -- is a turbine better than direct-conversion?3/10/2009
  Q: I am posting a follow-up question to a discussion we had on July 2nd of '08. It is here: ...
  A: Hydrogen-boron fusion is at least 30 years away as a power source, in my opinion. D-T fusion will ...
Aneutronic fusion -- is a turbine better than direct-conversion?3/10/2009
  Q: I am posting a follow-up question to a discussion we had on July 2nd of '08. It is here: ...
  A: 60 Hz, not directly, but there's no reason you'd need to do that. You'd need to extract power via ...
nuclear power2/21/2009
  Q: should nuclear power be banned?
  A: Well, you get far more radiation from coal-fired power plants (radon released from burning the coal ...
400 nm laser pumped by aneutronic fusion -- possible?11/30/2008
  Q: Is it physically-possible to design and build a 400 nm laser that is directly-"pumped" by aneutronic ...
  A: When you're talking about laser power of that magnitude, the wavelength doesn't matter as much as ...
400 nm laser pumped by aneutronic fusion -- possible?11/30/2008
  Q: Is it physically-possible to design and build a 400 nm laser that is directly-"pumped" by aneutronic ...
  A: I know what a pump is, but thanks for the clarification. :) Aneutronic fusion is a theoretical (in ...
Questions about aneutronic laser fusion.7/2/2008
  Q: Is it possible to fuse hydrogen and boron using a laser that emit 400 nm wavelength light? If so, ...
  A: The National Ignition Facility uses lasers of close to that wavelength (350 nm), 192 of them, with a ...
Values of Half Thickness1/15/2008
  Q: first of all i want to inform you that i have very little knowledge about radiations and stuff like ...
  A: First, vacuum is the absence of matter. It will block sound and direct heat transfer, because these ...
Is neutron-neutron fusion easier to facilitate than proton-proton fusion?12/27/2007
  Q: Neutron-neutron fusion is an example of nuclear fusion because neutrons are nucleons. Is it possible ...
  A: Easier to fuse, yes, but the dineutron is unbound. Unless you could somehow get one of them to ...
Will aneutronic fusion power ever be possible?12/16/2007
  Q: Will aneutronic fusion on earth ever be possible? In aneutronic fusion, no more than 1% total energy ...
  A: Slide 63 in this presentation on fusion http://www.slideshare.net/omar/nuclear-fusion-31590/ shows ...
Will aneutronic fusion power ever be possible?12/16/2007
  Q: Will aneutronic fusion on earth ever be possible? In aneutronic fusion, no more than 1% total energy ...
  A: Fascinating question, one of the best I see here. Possible? Absolutely. As a power source it's ...

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