Control of Nuclear Fission What is it precisely which prevents current technology in nuclear fissi

Eve Dunn

Eve Dunn

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2022-05-18

Control of Nuclear Fission
What is it precisely which prevents current technology in nuclear fission from controlling the size of fission products; in other words, why is it not feasible, presuming that such an approach would permit the translation of binding energies to heat in nuclear fission reactions, to create lighter more manageable fission products, thus rendering that fission technology relatively safe? Further, if this constraint is due to the electrical neutrality of the neutron, what prevents the induction of a manageable charge or manipulation of the neutron magnetic dipole moment?

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Allyson Gonzalez

Allyson Gonzalez

Beginner2022-05-19Added 24 answers

There are approximately 118 different elements in the periodic table of elements, with many isotopes, to be sure.

Not a single marble has been glued to another.

These are neutrons and protons that are bound together by the strong nuclear force's quantum mechanical interactions, either at stable or unstable energy levels.

Numerous alternative models can explain the content and why, following interactions or fissions, they will proceed to alphas, or neutrons, or gamma rays, and other pieces. The nuclear shell model, which is comparable to the atomic solutions for electromagnetism, can describe them.
So fragmentation into other nuclei is not something that can be controlled and fine tuned externally, i.e. the strong force is not tunable the way the electromagnetic one is.
"Further, if this constraint is due to the electrical neutrality of the neutron, what prevents the induction of a manageable charge or manipulation of the neutron magnetic dipole moment?"
Neutrons are characterized by a weak decay lifetime of a ~15 minutes and cannot be stored or "manipulated" in the sense you require.
The only choice is to look at the binding energy curve and the periodic table of elements . That is why fusion is pursued in new machines, smaller number of neutrons and protons and better chance that the solutions may yield less radiation.

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