Sentences with phrase «based nuclear fission»

It promises a large - scale energy source on Earth, based on fuel extracted from water, and does not create the long - term waste that uranium - based nuclear fission does.

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Nevertheless, the judgment is made that a coal - and nuclear - fission - based energy policy is centered on high - risk technologies.

If scientists conclude that the burning of fossil fuels is inducing unacceptable global climate change, then we have a limited number of alternatives to turn to: solar - based sources (photovoltaics, ocean, wind, etc.), nuclear fission and fusion.

From the fascinating (an intricately diagrammed explanation of nuclear fission) to the terrifying (an in - depth hypothetical example of what would happen if a 150 kiloton nuclear explosion occurred in New York City), the site covers all the bases.

For example, the treaty forbids igniting devices based on nuclear fission; Küntzel draws attention to how, just a few weeks after West Germany signed the treaty, a working paper published by the Science and Politics Foundation in Ebenhausen emphasised that research into detonating H - bombs with a laser beam was permitted by the treaty, and should be encouraged.

We both talked about how nuclear power especially Thorium - based nuclear power could be a solution for future power needs that would provide a stable base electrical grid while at the same time having far fewer problems than the current fission products based on uranium and plutonium.