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 forming chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements? | #How can you acquire energy from forming 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 Frontiers of Discovery, Fermilab] |
#*[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/] | #*[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/16/pocket-particle-accelerators-like-this-one-could-bring-safer-nuclear-power-to/] | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 26 July 2011
Initial Questions
- How can you acquire energy from forming chemical bonds within the nucleus without using radioactive (and highly dangerous) elements?
- 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?
- 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?