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Tagged with nuclear internal-consistency
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How to design a proper void whale?
I was thinking about the concept of space whales that are presented in some sci-fi universes. Usually, their origin is either unexplained or explained in some pseudo-magical way. As an example, it is ...
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After a major nuclear war/disaster, how much radiation would remain after ~300 years?
The setting for my story is a post-post-apocalyptic Earth. There was a nuclear war (and several related nuclear disasters due to power plants being either targeted or neglected), and it's already been ...
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What would happen if someone could remotely manipulate atoms?
Those of you who are familiar with the DC Comics hero Firestorm know that he can alter the chemical structure of any form of inorganic matter, provided he knows the chemical equation. In my story, I ...
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What signs of nuclear explosion in SLC can be seen from Lincoln Highway?
First thing: I don't know if it's the right stack to ask this question, so I'm sorry if it's not.
I'm writing an adventure for an apocalyptic RPG session. One point of the plot is a detonation of 100 ...
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What would be the best way to power a mecha? [closed]
While searching around, I kept hearing that fusion was a good choice, but how best to covert the energy to electricity was an issue.
However, during my research, I came across this:
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Could a futuristic group of people collect/farm nuclear pasta from neutron stars?
Would it even be feasible under science fiction logic? It would allow nuclear weapons to be mass produced if the nuclear pasta could actually be collected and contained safely.
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If the nucleons in an atom were heavier, could it still be stable? [closed]
If the protons and neutrons had, say, a hundred times more mass than they normally do, could the atom overall still be stable? Would it affect the atom's electron cloud somehow, or would it still be ...
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Best places to be on Earth when an all out nuclear World War III breaks out?
This is a world building question in a preventative context because those people or countries would be left fully functional while others are gone and the safe areas are where the world building would ...
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Rebels beating nuclear armed govenment with aircraft carriers [closed]
In an anti-gun debate (I was pro-gun, which is relevant), I used the example of an hypothetical ex-democracy which allowed guns (like the US) and then turned authoritarian with theological ...
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What element would make up a creature if it used the weak nuclear force during its metabolic processes?
I was doing some research on how to design a scientifically possible alien, when I came across an interesting section on metabolism. I found it very interesting and read about the weak force, as ...
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Ways to significantly reduce critical mass for U235, or make U238 fissile?
If I manage to increase the neutron generated from fission reaction by 100 times, will that reduce critical mass of U235 to 1/100?
Similarly, if I can increase neutron's energy, will it make U238 ...
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Practicality of a thorium-powered, superheated-steam car?
At the beginning of the 1900s, the Doble Steam Motors Company built steam cars. Their engineers solved many of the problems steam cars had until then by using superheated steam and a condenser to ...
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World governments shutting down their nuclear power plants after Chernobyl?
What if in an alternate universe after the Chernobyl incident, the world governments decide to shut down their nuclear power plants and if so how would that affect society?
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Could nuking the poles of exoplanets or planets in the solar system be an effective method of terraforming them? [duplicate]
To cause a nuclear winter (where the emissions of the nuke block out the atmosphere and create a long lasting period of winter) you need to set off only 100 nukes in quick succession. This made me ask ...
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What would be the implications of the Great Pacific War I created for the remainder of the 2020s and the next decade? [closed]
Well, I created this military conflict called the Great Pacific War as a scenario to simulate a hypothetical direct confrontation between the States and China, and before I ask my main question, I ...
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