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PhysicsForums Why is fusion stronger than fission?  
21:55 10-Dec-04   [Replies: 8, Views: 763]    By: Unnamed
topic pretty much explains it. why is it that fusion releases more energy than fission?...
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PhysicsForums Nerva2  
22:16 6-Dec-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 535]    By: Unnamed
NERVA2 RE: Watters and Enigma In light of the latest shutdown thread - Nerva - "what the hell" Firstly neither of you have ever posted any replies on that thread. Secondly, i doubt it...
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PhysicsForums Moon helium in fusion?  
15:38 3-Dec-04   [Replies: 4, Views: 976]    By: Unnamed
Is helium a better alternative then the current proposed fuels for fusion reactors? http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...m3_000630.html http://www.asi.org/adb/02/09/he3-intro.html...
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PhysicsForums Information on X-rays and Gamma Rays  
02:47 3-Dec-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 463]    By: Unnamed
X-ray energies increase with atomic number, Z. X-rays originate from photon emissions as electrons drop back into the K and L shells of atoms. Thus they have characteristic wavelengths. Hydrogen...
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PhysicsForums Radiation Safety Manual  
00:25 3-Dec-04   [Replies: 0, Views: 214]    By: Unnamed
" 'New Mexico State University Radiation Safety Manual', is a program prepared by Katrina D. Doolittle with assistance from Trina F. Witter in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Broad ...
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PhysicsForums A third question  
19:21 20-Nov-04   [Replies: 31, Views: 1996]    By: Unnamed
What are all of the particles, radioactive or otherwise, left over from a nuclear explosion, and what are their characteristics? Scientists who have been involved in monitoring underground detonation...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear Alternative for RTG Experiment?  
19:13 15-Nov-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 261]    By: Unnamed
So, I’ve been thinking that the possibility of obtaining any usable amount of fuel for an RTG experiment is impossible while I’m still within the US borders... Fine! I just got another idea this...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear Power  
18:39 10-Nov-04   [Replies: 61, Views: 2959]    By: Unnamed
What do you think about nuclear power? How dangerous is nuclear power plants? and from a physics point of view, how efficient is nuclear power c.f. coal-powered plants etc.? and what about the...
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PhysicsForums China Goes Nuclear  
22:53 31-Oct-04   [Replies: 4, Views: 453]    By: Unnamed
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PhysicsForums PopSci Poll  
00:18 25-Oct-04   [Replies: 37, Views: 1311]    By: Unnamed
What do you think?...
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PhysicsForums Fusion Reactors  
11:44 18-Oct-04   [Replies: 16, Views: 1222]    By: Unnamed
How far is research really gone? Is there any major breakthrough on its way? Are the first prototypes ready yet? I'm making a project work on this for school, and I find it hard to find sufficient ...
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PhysicsForums Doppler coefficient  
01:19 16-Oct-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 309]    By: Unnamed
I know that the typical values of Doppler coefficient over core life are about -1 *10^-5 Deltak/k/°F at BOL and -1.5 * 10^-5 Deltak/k/°F at EOL. What are the value in SI units? Are they the same...
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PhysicsForums Morbius comments. Split from Three Mile Island (survey)  
17:58 14-Oct-04   [Replies: 15, Views: 855]    By: Unnamed
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PhysicsForums Three Mile Island  
15:24 11-Oct-04   [Replies: 9, Views: 767]    By: Unnamed
I'm doing a school project on the Three Mile Island nuclear accident (1979). One of the requirements is to take a poll of people's opinions, so I'm putting this up here and a couple other places. Plea...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear fuel resources: Enough to last?  
09:54 6-Oct-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 517]    By: Unnamed
http://www.nea.fr/html/pub/newslette..._resources.pdf Also som interesting articles here: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/info.htm...
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PhysicsForums Beta Decay and Charge  
00:17 5-Oct-04   [Replies: 3, Views: 498]    By: Unnamed
Okay, so one of my hall mates across the way asked this question about his Chemistry, and then I realised that I wasn't too sure why it was myself, so I figured I'd pass this on to you. Take the de...
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PhysicsForums Recycle Radioactive Material?  
01:11 16-Sep-04   [Replies: 77, Views: 4089]    By: Unnamed
Is there any way to recycle nuclear waste or to stop its radioactivity/emissions besides burying it like a dog? Re: My Hometown...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear Power Plants  
01:04 15-Sep-04   [Replies: 3, Views: 662]    By: Unnamed
Is there any reason not to build nuclear power plants underground? All of the ones I know of (except for one) are all above ground - if there’s a problem like meltdown, it gets scattered all around...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear reactions  
08:43 12-Aug-04   [Replies: 2, Views: 446]    By: Unnamed
In layman terms could you guys try to explain how a nuclear reaction works?...
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PhysicsForums Neutron bomb V.s. Nuke  
12:59 9-Aug-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 780]    By: Unnamed
Ok i've done quite some reading on neutron bombs. What exactly is the difference between them in the way they work? The way i see it now its a nuke, but not focused on heat/blast damage but radiat...
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PhysicsForums What material do they make radiation suits from?  
13:32 7-Aug-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 795]    By: Unnamed
What material do they make radiation suits from?...
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PhysicsForums Gamma absortion in atmosphere  
22:00 3-Aug-04   [Replies: 1, Views: 594]    By: Unnamed
Hi, can someone tell me the extinction coefficient of a gamma ray in the atmosphere? How far does a gamma beam go in the atmosphere before its intensity reduces to half or to 1/e?...
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PhysicsForums Cold fusion.  
08:23 29-Jul-04   [Replies: 6, Views: 928]    By: Unnamed
how about cold fusion? I know it's got avid supporters as well as those who say it's total B.S. last I heard, it had something to do with the way Palladium acts in hard water... I'm going to go look s...
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PhysicsForums How do I become a Nuclear Engineer? (Split from Canadian Engineering T..  
09:58 6-Jul-04   [Replies: 9, Views: 1006]    By: Unnamed
can anyone guide me my way to become an nuclear engineer...
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PhysicsForums depleted uranium  
18:10 18-May-04   [Replies: 127, Views: 7320]    By: Unnamed
if the army make rounds with depleted uranium, wouldt the radioactivity emmited be enough to cause cancer after a while?...
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