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===Reactor Physics/Fuel Cycle=== | ===Reactor Physics/Fuel Cycle=== | ||
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** Uranium. Terrestrial uranium ore of this epoch tends toward a 99.284%/0.711%/0.0058% <sup>238</sup>/<sup>235</sup>/<sup>234</sup>U split. | ** Uranium. Terrestrial uranium ore of this epoch tends toward a 99.284%/0.711%/0.0058% <sup>238</sup>U/<sup>235</sup>U/<sup>234</sup>U split. | ||
** Thorium. For all purposes, entirely <sup>232</sup>Th (look at the half-lives). | ** Thorium. For all purposes, entirely <sup>232</sup>Th (look at the half-lives). | ||
* No point in breeding up from lower Z's than <sup>232</sup>Th - No meaningful sources of other actinides | |||
* Neutron moderators - fueling - MOX - breeders - feedbacks - inherently safe designs | * Neutron moderators - fueling - MOX - breeders - feedbacks - inherently safe designs | ||
** Moderate to take advantage of upscaled W<sub>fis</sub> function. Keep this in mind for "hydrides" below... | ** Moderate to take advantage of upscaled W<sub>fis</sub> function. Keep this in mind for "hydrides" below... | ||
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* Project Plowshare - Project Orion - Atoms for Peace - Project Rover | * Project Plowshare - Project Orion - Atoms for Peace - Project Rover | ||
* Testing - test detection - treaties | * Testing - test detection - treaties | ||
* Criticality accidents - Weapon accidents | * Criticality accidents - Weapon accidents - Oklo (Gabon) natural reactor | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* Carey Sublette's [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org Nuclear Weapon Archive] is peerless and the starting point for any research | * Carey Sublette's [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org Nuclear Weapon Archive] is peerless and the starting point for any research | ||
