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# How can you acquire energy from forming chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements?
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#* [http://www.fnal.gov/faw/future/files/FrontierBook_FINAL_LowRes.pdf Frontiers of Discovery, Fermilab]
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#* [http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/a98/APAC98/4D014.PDF Conceptual Study of High Power Proton Linac for Clear Nuclear Power System]
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#* [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/16/pocket-particle-accelerators-like-this-one-could-bring-safer-nuclear-power-to/ Pocket Particle Accelerators Could Bring Safer Nuclear Power to Neighborhoods]
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# Is there any way to acquire energy by breaking and reforming the bonds between gluons and quarks in any stable, common element such as carbon?
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#* [http://aether.lbl.gov/elements/stellar/strong/strong.html The strong nuclear force]
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# How could humans work at nuclear power facilities without being exposed to harmful radiation?
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#*[http://mitnse.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/biological_effects_09.pdf Biological effects of radiation]
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# Could the proton-proton reaction realistically be manipulated to produce usable energy in nuclear power plants?
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#* [http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission/fission.html Basic nuclear fission]
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#* [http://cseligman.com/text/sun/ppcycle.htm The proton-proton cycle]
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# What current projects are underway to further develop nuclear technology?
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#* [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf01.html Nuclear Power in the World Today]
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#* [http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/research/DIRAC-en.html Dimeson Relativistic Atomic Complex]
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#* [http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power]
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#* [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf04.html Radioactive waste management]

Latest revision as of 20:30, 26 July 2011

Initial Questions

  1. How can you acquire energy from forming chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements?
  2. Is there any way to acquire energy by breaking and reforming the bonds between gluons and quarks in any stable, common element such as carbon?
  3. How could humans work at nuclear power facilities without being exposed to harmful radiation?
  4. Could the proton-proton reaction realistically be manipulated to produce usable energy in nuclear power plants?
  5. What current projects are underway to further develop nuclear technology?
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