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#How can you acquire energy from breaking chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements? | #How can you acquire energy from breaking chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements? | ||
[http://www.fnal.gov/faw/future/files/FrontierBook_FINAL_LowRes.pdf] | [http://www.fnal.gov/faw/future/files/FrontierBook_FINAL_LowRes.pdf] | ||
[http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/a98/APAC98/4D014.PDF] | [http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/a98/APAC98/4D014.PDF] | ||
| + | [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/16/pocket-particle-accelerators-like-this-one-could-bring-safer-nuclear-power-to/] | ||
#Is there any way to acquire energy by breaking the bonds between gluons and quarks in any stable, common element such as carbon? | #Is there any way to acquire energy by breaking the bonds between gluons and quarks in any stable, common element such as carbon? | ||
[http://aether.lbl.gov/elements/stellar/strong/strong.html] | [http://aether.lbl.gov/elements/stellar/strong/strong.html] | ||
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#Could the proton-proton reaction realistically be manipulated to produce usable energy in nuclear power plants? | #Could the proton-proton reaction realistically be manipulated to produce usable energy in nuclear power plants? | ||
[http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission/fission.html] | [http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission/fission.html] | ||
| + | [http://cseligman.com/text/sun/ppcycle.htm] | ||
#What current projects are underway to further develop nuclear technology? | #What current projects are underway to further develop nuclear technology? | ||
| + | [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf01.html] | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 26 July 2011
link title== Initial Questions ==
- How can you acquire energy from breaking chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements?
- Is there any way to acquire energy by breaking the bonds between gluons and quarks in any stable, common element such as carbon?
- How could humans work at nuclear power facilities without being exposed to harmful radiation?
- Could the proton-proton reaction realistically be manipulated to produce usable energy in nuclear power plants?
- What current projects are underway to further develop nuclear technology?