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Yes, but that's very important. Alphas, especially slow ones, are easy to stop and are good at heating things. Free neutrons are hard to stop and can activate n
by ISL 13y ago
Yes, but that's very important. Alphas, especially slow ones, are easy to stop and are good at heating things. Free neutrons are hard to stop and can activate nearby material. An a-neutronic process, especially a clever one that works with comparatively low energies, can be important.
- meepmorp 13y agoSure, if there was no radiation at all, it'd be utterly useless.
- DennisP 13y agoAnd since alphas are charged particles, you may even be able to generate electricity without going through a steam cycle. Tri-Alpha and Lawrenceville Plasma Physics are both planning to do it that way, and papers on petawatt laser fusion with boron have mentioned the same. Resulting energy costs could be dramatically cheaper than fossil.