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PhysicsForums what are some of the practical problems encountered in modern fusion a..  
12:07 16-Apr-06   [Replies: 7, Views: 516]    By: Unnamed
just curious....
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PhysicsForums Question of Sound Fusion Power Generation  
08:28 15-Apr-06   [Replies: 37, Views: 1506]    By: Unnamed
1.with the hot and cold fusion under experiment level now, would power from sound fusion provides equal or more power and economic value if it has been successfully researched? 2. what is the diffi...
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PhysicsForums careers in nuclear engineering.  
15:28 12-Apr-06   [Replies: 2, Views: 231]    By: Unnamed
Is it possible to become a nuclear engineer with a first degree in mechanical engineering, as opposed to physics? basically, i'm asking if i would need to change my degree to become a nuclear engineer...
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PhysicsForums Small nuclear power plants.  
01:25 4-Apr-06   [Replies: 21, Views: 526]    By: Unnamed
I've always thought that a small nuclear reactor installation that would power an average size county (as opposed to a large city county) would be more efficient that the large installations such as T...
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PhysicsForums Minimum Nuclear Charge Threshold?  
05:15 31-Mar-06   [Replies: 8, Views: 354]    By: Unnamed
Is is possible to shape and configure a nuclear charge to produce only a 700 tonne detonation? What is the current minimum threshold yield for a nuclear charge detonation based upon current nucle...
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PhysicsForums fission product range in U-235  
09:26 24-Mar-06   [Replies: 11, Views: 295]    By: Unnamed
Hello, I'm looking for the following data: in pure U-235, what is the distribution of ranges of fission products (under thermal neutron irradiation). I know that the distances involved are rather...
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PhysicsForums Radioisotopes generators...  
16:43 22-Mar-06   [Replies: 12, Views: 247]    By: Unnamed
We've an old professor, can make an elephant sleep, bad notes, bad lectures and no real source for what we are studying...The thing is people just copy and paste his notes but ican't do that, i don't ...
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PhysicsForums Can a nuke power plant just blow up?  
10:00 19-Mar-06   [Replies: 38, Views: 1941]    By: Unnamed
Ok, I was watching the movie "Resident Evil: The Apocalypse" the other day. The big evil "Umbrella Corporation" nukes a city to kill the T virus (which is what makes the people tur...
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PhysicsForums reflection in ionosphere  
12:06 18-Mar-06   [Replies: 4, Views: 229]    By: Unnamed
Hi, why the reflection in ionosphere isn't direct?,...
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PhysicsForums Materials Models and Simulations for Nuclear Fuels  
15:56 12-Mar-06   [Replies: 2, Views: 263]    By: Unnamed
Scope The MMSNF Workshops aim at stimulating research and discussions on modelling and simulations of nuclear fuels and coupling the results with fuel performance codes. The aspect of fission-produ...
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PhysicsForums Diffusion equation and neutron diffusion theory  
15:37 7-Mar-06   [Replies: 11, Views: 1496]    By: Unnamed
Basically the steady-state diffusion equation can be written in a form LaTeX Source CodeThe following code was used to generate this LaTeX image:[itex] \\nabla^2\\phi\\,+\\,k^2\\phi\\,=\\,S[/itex]L...
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PhysicsForums New Flux in a Sphere of moderator of Radius R  
14:29 7-Mar-06   [Replies: 15, Views: 512]    By: Unnamed
I have a problem where I must show that neutron flux in the sphere, for a sphere of moderator of radius R. This is one of the problems (5.14.a) in chapter 5 of "introduction to Nuclear Engineerin...
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PhysicsForums Neutron flux in finite medium.  
02:10 5-Mar-06   [Replies: 4, Views: 356]    By: Unnamed
In the text I use for class, the examples and derivations for functions showing the neutron flux at some point, are all about sources within infinite mediums. Now I have a probelm where I must show th...
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PhysicsForums Americium 242 Fission Engine  
09:52 23-Feb-06   [Replies: 7, Views: 425]    By: Unnamed
Americium 242 Fission Engine Americium Fission Engine this Americium Engine would be interesting to see get started. I still think TeraJoule EMP Bursts reflected on a Diamagnetic shield wou...
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PhysicsForums Civil Nuclear Consortiums  
16:43 21-Feb-06   [Replies: 3, Views: 253]    By: Unnamed
I've got a question on these large consortiums (of US and some French firms) that have been formed to work on nuclear constructions in the US. I wasn't sure where exactly to post, so please feel free...
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PhysicsForums What is Iran referring to here?  
18:38 17-Feb-06   [Replies: 4, Views: 376]    By: Unnamed
Can anyone enlighten me as to what these types of centrifuges Iran is talking about below ("modern centrifuges") are - and how they might differ from other types? Do they not allow for th...
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PhysicsForums Materials issues in the radiation environment  
20:42 10-Feb-06   [Replies: 2, Views: 341]    By: Unnamed
This is rather useful. While it covers primarily materials issues in the Tokamak environment, the issues concerning the performance of materials in an irradiation environment are generic. ITER - M...
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PhysicsForums the problem of TOKAMAK  
15:04 8-Feb-06   [Replies: 10, Views: 535]    By: Unnamed
I recently read from newspapers that china has built a experimental advanced superconductive TOKAMAK , and such an experiment is going to set about. It also mentioned if the experiment exceeded, China...
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PhysicsForums nuclear waste.  
11:38 3-Feb-06   [Replies: 8, Views: 430]    By: Unnamed
Can the nuclear waste from nuclear reactors be used to make nuclear weapons? Secondly, Whats wrong in burying nuclear waste deep inside the earth or beneath the oceans? And lastly, are the hazards of...
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PhysicsForums Would this be a viable waste "storage" method?  
00:35 30-Jan-06   [Replies: 15, Views: 677]    By: Unnamed
http://home.earthlink.net/~dengelhardt/ It sounds to good to be true so I guess it is just that. ...
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PhysicsForums MDA and LLD  
16:05 26-Jan-06   [Replies: 6, Views: 449]    By: Unnamed
I can't seem to find a definitive equation for calculation of LLD (lower limit of detection). Cember has one equation, and other sources I research have completely different equations. I'm more apt to...
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PhysicsForums Nuclear power supply?  
18:21 21-Jan-06   [Replies: 8, Views: 588]    By: Unnamed
Well we all hear of fossil fuels being depeleted soon. and the fact is that we dont have alot of radioactive material around. So has anyone done a study on how much radioactive material is left tha...
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PhysicsForums hamilton nuclear reactor analysis  
09:33 12-Jan-06   [Replies: 5, Views: 1382]    By: Unnamed
pleas interduce a site that contain hamilton nuclear reactor analysis books chapter problem solution tnx....
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PhysicsForums Fissionable elements  
02:47 19-Dec-05   [Replies: 3, Views: 467]    By: Unnamed
I have a few questions: can heavier elements be made from lighter ones through breeding? Do unstable isotopes of light elements (lighter than lead) give off enough enough energy , when bombarded with ...
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PhysicsForums Computing the released energy of several nuclear explosions  
13:39 16-Dec-05   [Replies: 5, Views: 673]    By: Unnamed
Hey, i'm new here. After looking around i think this is the right place to post this question thread. I'm interested in a hypothetical question. I know that the EMT formula to calculate the energy ...
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