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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 ...
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| Uranium | 6/10/2009 |
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 ...
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| nuclear fusion | 3/12/2009 |
Q: What are environmental impacts of fusion?
A: There are few compared to other power sources. Fusion produces minimal nuclear waste compared to ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| nuclear power | 2/21/2009 |
Q: should nuclear power be banned?
A: Well, you get far more radiation from coal-fired power plants (radon released from burning the coal ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| Values of Half Thickness | 1/15/2008 |
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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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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