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> Nuclear ... create heat that boils water to generate steam that turns a turbine to generate power. One of my greatest disappointments as a kid was learning t
by michaelcampbell 4y ago
> Nuclear ... create heat that boils water to generate steam that turns a turbine to generate power.
One of my greatest disappointments as a kid was learning this. I'd thought nuclear power somehow got the power of the atom directly to a wire/grid.
- sailingparrot 4y agoMaybe RTGs [1] that are used on some spacecraft will reappoint you. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...
- throwoutway 4y agoLove the comment and the use of the word “reappoint”. Never thought of the root of the word “disappoint” prior
- 8jef 4y ago+1
- was_a_dev 4y agoAneutronic nuclear fusion with direct energy conversion is the dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion
- JohnHaugeland 4y agothe kid in you wants to hear "it's basically a steamboat"
- AvocadoPanic 4y agoNow I hope this is the dystopia with nuclear paddle-wheel steamboats.
- JohnHaugeland 4y agoi mean. that's kind of what us nuclear submarines are, just, all jules verne-y
- AvocadoPanic 4y agoand without the action of a casino