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nuclear energy

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is nuclear energy the harnessing of the energy of the splitting of chemical bonds of high atomic mass elements like uranium? im not really sure what it is...but wouldnt it be possible to harness the energy of regular chemical bonds? there is an abundance of small hydrogen that could be used for this purpose and produce a huge amount of energy?

ghostridin, Nov 13 2007

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nuclear power is the result of breaking the bonds within the nucleus, bonds much stronger than the chemical bonds between atoms, with much more energy, and releasing that energy into heat. but your idea is already the most common form of energy production, burning shit! this is a process of breaking and reforming chemical bonds to release energy. there are other chemical reactions which could be used, but oxidation (burning) is the most cost efficient.

drewnahant, Nov 14 2007

The hydrogen used in combustion systems does not exist abundantly in free form, but must be manufactured.

Belmont, Nov 14 2007

The unlikely collision of neutrons and the hydrogen molecule (bcause of relative size) will not produce significant amounets of energy, nor additional neutrons to sustain or increase power generation levels, which is the whole point.

yulee, Jan 25 2008