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While nuclear power is clean, nuclear fission, the process to produce it, uses radioactive materials that can cause deadly levels of radiation if released into the environment in an accident.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or thrust.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
Many governments were also aware of the need to keep up with developing nuclear technologies, both to symbolize their country’s technical expertise and in case the practical knowledge of nuclear fission ever came in handy in the future.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
China recently demonstrated a Stirling power converter, which could be used on a future space nuclear fission reactor, on the Tiangong space station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to heat the propellant that is then expelled from the nozzle to create the driving force or thrust.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
Many governments were also aware of the need to keep up with developing nuclear technologies, both to symbolize their country’s technical expertise and in case the practical knowledge of nuclear fission ever came in handy in the future.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
China recently demonstrated a Stirling power converter, which could be used on a future space nuclear fission reactor, on the Tiangong space station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Nuclear fission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20fission. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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