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The appeal of fission is really dead simple: each fission event releases 200x more energy than the equivalent chemical reactions. It would also take very large
by nikdaheratik 10y ago
The appeal of fission is really dead simple: each fission event releases 200x more energy than the equivalent chemical reactions. It would also take very large amounts of land to replace a single nuclear reactor with the equivalent in wind or solar.
I'm not 100% sold on nuclear as being a panacea, but it is hardly a waste of time.
- acidburnNSA 10y agoYou're right in sentiment. But by my figuring (which is energy per mass of fuel consumed), nuclear reactions release 2 million times more energy that chemical reactions. [1] If you got 100% of your energy as an average American (transportation, electricity, heat, etc.) for your entire life, you'd consume 1.5 soda cans of nuclear fuel. The tiny footprint associated with this incredible resource is why nuclear matters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densities_of_common_energy_storage_materials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densitie...