Ultra Safe Nuclear

Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by detritus on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:54AM (#24506186)

> The fact that ALL energy in our solar system comes from the sun is irrelevant

Except human-made nuclear fission energy on Earth, somewhat ironically, given the thread.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by aqme28 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:06PM (#24506354)

And geothermal.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by dangerface on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:08PM (#24506378)

ahhh you got me thats the only other source of energy in our solar system but thats the exception that proves the rule.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by dangerface on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:08PM (#24506369)

The fuel burned in those reactors comes from the sun and the reactor releases it.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by adrianN on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:14PM (#24506460)

The fuel in fact doesn't come from the Sun, but from other stars that went super nova before the solar system was formed. Normal fusion in stars in not hot enough to produce such heavy elements.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by dangerface on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:32PM (#24506717)

Thanks, I didn't know that I thought it was like the rest.

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by adrianN on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:05PM (#24507151)

You may find this chart interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_nucleosynthesis#/media...

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Re:Ultra Safe Nuclear by detritus on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:14PM (#24506466)

I'd love to know more about how heavy elements got from the sun into the interior of our planet and then back out to near the surface again. Where can I learn about this process?

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