Quantum nucleonic reactor


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Posted by Davis Landstrom (195.93.32.9) on March 28, 2003 at 08:03:14:

I have just hear of a new energy generation technology that has tremendous potential as a power source that could take care of our energy needs well into the future.
It is a technology called the Quantum nucleonic reactor, it was developed by the US Air force laboratories recently.
The principle behind the reactor is very simple and was discovered almost by accident (serendipity). It was found, that by shining X-rays onto an isotope of Hafnium (178) Gamma emissions were produced that were aproximately 60 times more energetic than the X-rays that were being used to trigger them, the energy input/output ratio is 1:60. The Gamma emissions can be used to heat air, water, a heat engine or any other means of transfering/converting large amounts of thermal energy that you care to think of.
The secret behind the extraordinary gamma emissions is a simple one. Hafnium 178 is composed of two different isonucleons, one is stable with all electron and nuclear shell configurations existing in their ground states, the other posseses a unique nuclear shell configuration with nuclear particles existing in stable high energy/above ground state configurations, when X-rays fall on a high energy isonucleon it destabalises and collapses under it's own nuclear forces back to its ground state, as a result of this return to ground state gamma rays are produced in LARGE quantities!
This nucleonic reactor technology has numerous benefits over existing nuclear technologies.
Primarily it is safe from any form of chain reaction as the reaction technique is not fission based, no neutrons are utalised in the reactions so no destructive cascade energy release can take place, plus because of the nature of the reaction mechanism power generation can be tightly controlled.
Secondarily because no neutrons are produced there are no radioactive waste products to be disposed of.
Thirdly, although the Hafnium isotope is a Gamma source it has a very short half life (some 30 odd years) so spent/depleated hafnium will pose no serious long term disposal problems, unlike nuclear wastes and spent fuel from todays nuclear fission plants which remains highly radioactive for millions of years.
and finaly the radiation levels can be reduced 60 times simply by turning off the X-ray tube, so long term radiation build up and disposal of irradiated components is not an issue.
Naturally this technology will probably see it's first application in the production of high performance jet engines for unmanned, and then manned aircraft, but I am sure that this technology could see it's way into comercial power generation in the not to distant future.

I suggest that you visit:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/uav-03m.html
to find out more.


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