Nuclear brick - Revision history

Michel Lamontagne at 20:45, 27 May 2019

2019-05-27T20:45:51Z

Jburk at 00:08, 18 December 2018

2018-12-18T00:08:59Z

Rfc: cat+

2010-02-25T20:15:31Z

cat+

Frontiersman at 04:19, 23 February 2010

2010-02-23T04:19:09Z

Frontiersman: native Am-241 unlikely

2010-02-23T04:18:47Z

native Am-241 unlikely

Farred: failed verification

2010-02-22T03:11:12Z

failed verification

Rfc: link+

2010-02-21T12:18:48Z

link+

Frontiersman: references, try again

2010-02-18T08:11:04Z

references, try again

Frontiersman: references

2010-02-18T08:08:49Z

references

Frontiersman: references section

2010-02-15T01:22:04Z

references section

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-A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors. <ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>
+A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors. <ref name="Genuth">Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>  The enrichment process required to create significant amounts of americium would be very expensive, however, and there are less expensive ways of producing heat.  Americium costs about 1 500 000 $ per kg.<ref>http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/95/americium</ref>
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-A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors. <ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>{{Failed verification}}
+A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors. <ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>
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-A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors, but might be produced by a small fast reactor on Mars from native americium-241 if the latter can be found and mined.<ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>{{Failed verification}}
+A nuclear brick is a small [[RTG]] or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors. <ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref>{{Failed verification}}
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-A nuclear brick is a small RTG or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors, but might be produced by a small fast reactor on Mars from native americium-241 if the latter can be found and mined.<ref>{{cite web
+A nuclear brick is a small RTG or nuclear reactor built to the form-factor of a [[brick]] and controlled by a wireless network.  They are to power brick furnaces and heaters for [[smelting]], casting, [[glass]] melting and curing, heating of habitats and greenhouses, heating of chemicals, and other thermal processes.  A plutonium-powered RTG could last several years but has a much lower specific power than an americium-242-powered nuclear reactor.  A 1.6 kg americium core can produce 70 kW of thermal power but this core must be replaced every 80 days of operation.  Americium-242 exists on Earth as a byproduct of normal nuclear reactors, but might be produced by a small fast reactor on Mars from native americium-241 if the latter can be found and mined.<ref name=Genuth>Genuth, Iddo, 2006, ''Americium Power Source'', TFOT The Future of Things. [http://thefutureofthings.com/articles.php?itemId=26/64/] </ref><ref>
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