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nobo:
You are right on both accounts.
Chernobyl happened because of an experiment. The problem is that the experiment wasn't completed in one shift, and the second shift of workers that came in and relieved the first did not know what was going on.
And when it comes to reactors, each one is designed for its specific "seismic" zone. So the ones built on the fault lines of Japan are built to specifications of surviving huge quakes. Remember how China had that huge earthquake a month or so ago? They had 2 nuke plants in that region that sustained no damage.
The only thing I know about nuclear fusion comes from the move "the saint" with Val Kilmer.
est:
The only thing I know about nuclear fusion comes from the movie "Back to the Future" with Michael J Fox
Verergoca:
Ok, first: on the topic of nuclear aircraft, look no further than the Convair X-6.
Also, the way i see it, nuclear powerplants are a quite good interim solution until we figure the fusion thing out. Provided ofcourse adequate safety and storage measures are taken...
Also, on the topic of leaking reactors, iirc, they all use a closed circuit waterflow, with the intake water beeing water that gets led past a section that places it right next to the "bad" water, thus cooling it (basically, just like any heatsink/airexchange-that-your-lungs-have-been-doing-since-you-were-born) A leak in this wall is ofcourse possible, which i think is what happened recently in france.
Also, i need coffee
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: est on 11 Aug 2008, 22:34 ---The only thing I know about nuclear fusion comes from the movie "Back to the Future" with Michael J Fox
--- End quote ---
That was fission, he used plutonium, fusion uses deuterium and tritium for the most part.
What little I know of fusion comes from reading about ITER on wikipedia. I do have a cool book on atomic energy, though, my grandfather had it, he was drafted to work on the Manhattan project and was very hopeful that some of the work he had done would be used for non-killing purposes.
est:
The end of BTTF, where the car now flies and is powered by "Mr Fusion" where you put bunches of garbage into it and it uses it for fusion reactions somehow.
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