tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post5009045266844417332..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Nuclear Energy, Terrestrial Energy: WSJUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7492739175740245952008-07-23T04:27:00.000-04:002008-07-23T04:27:00.000-04:00Bah! I still like my suggestion of 'archaeonic pow...Bah! I still like my suggestion of 'archaeonic power' for power derived from nuclear interaction (of either the fission or fusion ilk), although possibly only because it was me who thought of it...<BR/><BR/>As for the georeactor theory, I chanced to listen to the Atomic Show episode where Martin Herdon was given his say, and a question occurs to me: If the suggestion that protostars have their fusion process initiated by fission reactions in their cores, what mechanism was responsible for initiating fusion in the first generation of stars to form in the universe, before heavy nuclei formed in supernova explosions could possibly have existed?Finrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447747229391757964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-64250245708491687992008-07-22T13:55:00.000-04:002008-07-22T13:55:00.000-04:00anonymous, most of us in the nuclear camp are a li...anonymous, most of us in the nuclear camp are a little strange. Rod is one of us. Don't mess with him, ya hear.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-55538943978185085292008-07-22T08:53:00.000-04:002008-07-22T08:53:00.000-04:00Rod, you were a submarine nuclear engineer. No one...Rod, you were a submarine nuclear engineer. No one can contest your knowledge of things nuclear.<BR/><BR/>Now as for politics, history, Iran, the Dem-onaics and so on - that's a different matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-20889883294286442912008-07-22T08:16:00.000-04:002008-07-22T08:16:00.000-04:00There is already an alternative brand, "Thorium Po...There is already an alternative brand, "Thorium Power", or "Thorium Energy". Those of us who see the many advantages of the thorium fuel cycle, are, in effect, promoting the thorium brand.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7018522553415584842008-07-22T04:48:00.000-04:002008-07-22T04:48:00.000-04:00Can anyone help me understand if Martin Herdon's g...Can anyone help me understand if Martin Herdon's georeactor theory hangs together?<BR/><BR/>It sure makes sense to me that fission in the center of the earth is far more likely than fusion in the center of Jupiter. <BR/><BR/>Of course, what do I know - I am just an English major pretending to know something about physics and thermodynamics.Rod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-83790157583318476832008-07-22T01:31:00.000-04:002008-07-22T01:31:00.000-04:00nuclear - supernova powernuclear - supernova powerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-29566951199659272312008-07-22T00:53:00.000-04:002008-07-22T00:53:00.000-04:00I'm willing to avoid the argument by proposing "su...I'm willing to avoid the argument by proposing "superjovial power" as the name for fusion.<BR/><BR/>;-)Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-47668447084011518912008-07-22T00:49:00.000-04:002008-07-22T00:49:00.000-04:00I suppose tidal power would be lunar energy.I suppose tidal power would be lunar energy.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-18168647213587394722008-07-21T23:22:00.000-04:002008-07-21T23:22:00.000-04:00Certainly solar energy would be "extraterrestrial ...Certainly solar energy would be "extraterrestrial power" - but fusion of terrestrial materials, like deuterium, on earth would still be "terrestrial power".<BR/><BR/>Jupiter has enough mass to cause deuterium fusion to occur. If a gas planet the size and mass of Jupiter was made of deuterium, then it would 'ignite' nuclear fusion, and it would be a star.<BR/><BR/>The reason that is not the case, however, is that it is not made of enriched deuterium. Out there in the cosmos, there is no mechanism of deuterium enrichment - all the deuterium is evenly distributed, diluted amongst the vast quantities of hydrogen.<BR/><BR/>I don't know anything about it, but I suppose it's plausible that there could be a very small rate of DD fusion events inside the heart of the planet.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092902410659259688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-38633516312004585822008-07-21T17:12:00.000-04:002008-07-21T17:12:00.000-04:00There's some variation on that opinion... Jupiter ...There's some variation on that opinion... Jupiter certainly doesn't fuse like a star but there may be a trickle of deuterium fusion.Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-68559380633279550672008-07-21T15:26:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:26:00.000-04:00Jupiter doesn't have enough mass to generate the n...Jupiter doesn't have enough mass to generate the necessary gravity to cause deuterium fusion to occur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-9694019616344421632008-07-21T13:53:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:53:00.000-04:00A pretty good op-ed, but I tend to agree that the ...A pretty good op-ed, but I tend to agree that the "terrestrial power" tag is unlike to catch on. Perhaps it's just a little too vague. If the continental motion could be harnessed - now that would be terrestrial power.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we should call fission "<A HREF="http://geology.about.com/od/geophysics/a/aaoklo.htm" REL="nofollow">Oklo power</A>".<BR/><BR/>Perhaps then nuclear fusion would be "jovial power" on the grounds that deuterium fusion is what happens in brown dwarfs and giant planets (ie Jupiter).Joffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025437863119781181noreply@blogger.com