To: Kevmo
Ni61 is only 1+% of natural nickel, and it is required for all 3 exothermic reactions. In practice this would probably limit the lifetime of the reaction severely without some kind of enrichment. On the plus side, it's gotta be easier to sort 61Ni from the rest of the isotopes than to separate out U235.
A neutron is a much bigger percentage of the total mass at AMUs near 60 than at AMUs near 238...
7 posted on
12/21/2013 5:29:29 PM PST by
null and void
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To: null and void
I agree, but if this whole thing rests on the availability of relatively rare isotopes, it is not going to be the answer to the energy crisis.
9 posted on
12/21/2013 5:31:47 PM PST by
Kevmo
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