Difference between revisions of "Applications of Nuclear Physics to Energy Development"
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== Initial Questions == | == 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? |
#[http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission/fission.html] | #[http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/fission/fission.html] | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 22 July 2011
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?
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