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September 5th, 2011, 05:27 AM
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#11 | | Historian ¤ Member of the Year ¤
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I know there are arguments for and against this... but I would never consider it a 'clean' energy by no means.
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September 5th, 2011, 05:29 AM
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#12 | | Priest of Baʿal Hammon
Joined: Apr 2010 From: Oxford Posts: 3,285 | Fusion: Fusion - a clean future
It certainly has its strengths and weaknesses... and is a long way off yet...
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September 5th, 2011, 05:32 AM
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#13 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Aug 2010 From: Central Macedonia Posts: 17,763 | Quote:
Originally Posted by markdienekes  | Tell that to Fukushima residents...
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September 5th, 2011, 05:38 AM
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#14 | | Historian
Joined: May 2011 From: Macedonia, Eastern Roman Empire Posts: 1,651 |
If I'm not mistaken, it's another form of nuclear energy, like ITER, it has nothing to do with the dangerous nuclear factories of today.
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September 5th, 2011, 05:40 AM
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#15 | | Historian ¤ Member of the Year ¤
Joined: Sep 2011 From: UK Posts: 14,612 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thessalonian Tell that to Fukushima residents... | I saw a documentry about this and it showed that they have to bury all the nuclear waste miles underground where it takes 100's of thousands of years to break down. It sounds awful to be honest.  | | | |
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September 5th, 2011, 05:41 AM
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#16 | | Priest of Baʿal Hammon
Joined: Apr 2010 From: Oxford Posts: 3,285 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaunâ If I'm not mistaken, it's another form of nuclear energy, like ITER, it has nothing to do with the dangerous nuclear factories of today. | That is correct.
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September 5th, 2011, 05:42 AM
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#17 | | Bard of Borneo
Joined: Oct 2007 From: Borneo~ that big Island in S.E. ASIA Posts: 8,394 |
George Washington Carver  | | | |
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September 5th, 2011, 01:23 PM
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#18 | | Jedi Knight
Joined: Nov 2010 From: Indiana Posts: 3,311 |
Richard Feynman.
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September 5th, 2011, 03:42 PM
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#19 | | Historian
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,212 | Quote:
Originally Posted by markdienekes | I think it is exciting. I like this concept here. The Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactors. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Yauna If I'm not mistaken, it's another form of nuclear energy, like ITER, it has nothing to do with the dangerous nuclear factories of today. | I have seen documentaries where they use hydrogen as the fuel. So it makes me wonder if there are any nuclear waste products, or expended rods, at all. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Thessalonian Tell that to Fukushima residents... | Those might be Fission reactors which super heat rare metals until they reach a nuclear state, rather than Fusion reactors which use magnetic fields to confine a Fusion reaction.
I am not 100% sure on how they operate. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Brisieis I saw a documentry about this and it showed that they have to bury all the nuclear waste miles underground where it takes 100's of thousands of years to break down. It sounds awful to be honest. | I have never really figured it out, but I was always under the impression that an M1A1 Abrams tank was made from depleted Uranium.
"Most depleted uranium arises as a byproduct of the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear reactors and in the manufacture of nuclear weapons."
I am really not sure if an expended nuclear fuel rod is the same thing as nuclear waste or depleted uranium.
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Last edited by MrKap; September 5th, 2011 at 03:56 PM.
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September 7th, 2011, 06:18 PM
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#20 | | Historian
Joined: Jun 2011 From: California, USA Posts: 2,103 |
Niels Bohr and Max Planck deserve to appear here too.
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Last edited by clement; September 7th, 2011 at 06:44 PM.
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