News tagged with fission surface power
Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!
Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2009 |
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Probability of contamination from severe nuclear reactor accidents is higher than expected: study
Catastrophic nuclear accidents such as the core meltdowns in Chernobyl and Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 22, 2012 |
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New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants, desalination systems
The condensation of water is crucial to the operation of most of the powerplants that provide our electricity — whether they are fueled by coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. It is also the key to producing potable water ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Could natural nuclear reactors have boosted life on this and other planets?
While modern-day humans use the most advanced engineering to build nuclear reactors, Nature sometimes makes them by accident.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 05, 2011 |
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The first nuclear power plant for settlements on Moon, Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 28, 2011 |
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New probe to uncover mechanisms key to fusion reactor walls
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton University to learn precisely what happens when extremely hot plasmas touch and ...
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Plasma: The trouble with bubbles
Controlling a boiling plasma at several million degrees Celsius – that's the challenge of nuclear fusion, our great energy hope for the future. EPFL's Plasma Physics Research Center (CRPP) has just published ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Why nuclear power will never supply the world's energy needs
(PhysOrg.com) -- The 440 commercial nuclear reactors in use worldwide are currently helping to minimize our consumption of fossil fuels, but how much bigger can nuclear power get? In an analysis to be published ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 11, 2011 |
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Researchers discover the cause of irradiation-induced instability in materials surfaces
A new discovery about the dynamic impact of individual energetic particles into a solid surface improves our ability to predict surface stability or instability of materials under irradiation over time.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Glaciers help high-latitude mountains grow taller
Glaciers can help actively growing mountains become higher by protecting them from erosion, according to a University of Arizona-led research team.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Findings show promise for nuclear fusion test reactors
Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings capable of ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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