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2022-11-16: Are there Undiscovered Elements Beyond The Periodic Table?

  • 13:56: ... we want to get there our conventional nuclear reactors and particle accelerators will not be enough, we will have to come up ...
  • 14:54: ... example - no stable isotopes, but we can breed it from uranium in nuclear reactors, where it becomes a critical part of the fission process in certain ...

2022-06-22: Is Interstellar Travel Impossible?

  • 11:24: ... would be subjected to levels of radiation comparable to the core of a nuclear reactor. ...

2020-01-20: Solving the Three Body Problem

  • 13:37: ... chance to oscillate, they remember how they were made. Neutrinos made in nuclear reactors are made with electrons and if they interact again, they make only ...

2019-07-01: Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy

  • 00:33: ... up air pollution due to coal-fired power plants than ever died in nuclear reactor accidents In fact, the radioactivity around coal fire plants is also ...
  • 02:49: ... maybe we can Before we can understand those, we'll need to review how nuclear reactors work Every fission reactor exploits the same phenomenon Certain very ...
  • 00:33: ... terrifying detail in the recent dramatization of the Chernobyl disaster Nuclear reactors sounds scary because the disasters are pretty epic However, the reality is that ...
  • 02:49: ... maybe we can Before we can understand those, we'll need to review how nuclear reactors work Every fission reactor exploits the same phenomenon Certain very large ...

2018-08-01: How Close To The Sun Can Humanity Get?

  • 09:43: They'll try edible plastic and bring you to unexpected places, like a garage in Seattle with a nuclear reactor in it.

2017-09-28: Are the Fundamental Constants Changing?

  • 09:08: For example, there's the Oklo natural nuclear reactor in Gabon in central Africa.
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