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Q&A Nuclear power for nomads

Is it possible to create a scenario where nuclear power is a practical option for nomads living like in Mongolia? There's two possible applications of nuclear power. One is to just use it as a hea...

14 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Andrew Grimm‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Andrew Grimm‭

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Q&A How can I build a Nuclear Reactor in my backyard?

In my world, having a nuclear reactor at your own house is legal, in fact government donates money in the form of subsidies ( So no constraints of funds). This might have been practical because of ...

19 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by killer JONES‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by killer JONES‭

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Rigorous Science Nuclear rockets and EMPs

Nuclear rockets, or as I like to think of them, "half way between a continuous small atomic explosion and reactor whose front fell off". There are many variants, and my aliens are using relative si...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by BenRW‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by BenRW‭

Question spaceships nuclear
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Q&A How would a human species evolved to survive high radiation take a new nuclear strike?

Humanity has been exposed to prolonged nuclear radiation for thousands of years. In the past, hundreds of nuclear bombs dropped; then nuclear warfare ceased for thousands of years. Assume that hum...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Nate Dukes‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Nate Dukes‭

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Q&A Could an entire continent runs on a single fusion reactor plant by 2100?

Affected continent is Asia, the world is running out of coal and natural gas. A major mega structure project is underway, its goal is to provide electricity across the continent with a single fusio...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A How big/powerful would your fusion reactor need to be to power the engines of a 32km long starship?

Let's assume the reactor takes up about 4 vertical kilometers and has the same radius as the ship (4km). This gives you a volume of about 2.01e11 m^3, which given about 3-5% of the reactor's estima...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A What political/historical factors could create acceptance of peaceful nuclear explosions?

I have been poking at the idea of an eventual re-emergence of the PACER concept, where energy is obtained by detonating nuclear explosions... but not exactly in the same form. After humans become s...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by AlanSE‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by AlanSE‭

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Q&A When and how would Earth's history diverge if uranium/plutonium weren't present?

Let's imagine an Earth clone devoid of naturally occurring fissile materials"”and, for comprehensiveness' sake, also devoid of fertile materials like thorium and americium that could be used to pro...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Oscillare‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Oscillare‭

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Q&A How can nuclear power produce -electricity- in space when energy must be converted differently?

Hear me out before you downvote; It's not as simple as it seems. On Earth, nuclear reactions produce heat energy. This is used to heat water, creating steam, powering turbines connected to generat...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Zxyrra‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Zxyrra‭

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Q&A an artificial fission star

A K2+ civilization wants to build a fission star, a huge mass of fissile material which doesn't collapse due to the radiation emitted by its fission decay. I know there are reactors like the aqueou...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SilverCookies‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by SilverCookies‭

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Q&A Could we reach the earth's core using today's nuclear arsenal?

The setting is basically earth. Our planet is unfortunately on a collision course with a large asteroid. However, humans have discovered and decoded a message from an ancient, advanced alien race (...

9 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Ovi‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Ovi‭

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Q&A Nuclear explosion from nuclear waste?

Is it possible for nuclear waste to somehow naturally cause a nuclear explosion? (with no human input, other than dumping the nuclear waste) The yield of the explosion would preferably be enough t...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by blue52‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by blue52‭

Question physics nuclear
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Rigorous Science Is this an appropriate manned interstellar mission profile?

My idea was to use 2 stages for an interstellar spacecraft (particularly the Orion Drive) and use it in a way similar to Project: Daedalus. Phase 1 would involve accelerating to cruising speed foll...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Q&A Is helium 3 lucrative enough to justify the mining of the moon?

I've been trying to come up with a scenario in which space stations and lunar bases are established but are considered controversial. I sort of figure that if corporations started mining the moon t...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wazanator‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Wazanator‭

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Q&A Portable nuclear reactor that can be brought to medieval age

A hero travels to another world that is like the medieval age of Earth. He needs a portable power generator. Is there any portable, low maintenance, at least 10 MW, reactor or energy producer that...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by mico villena‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by mico villena‭