SolidCoreFissionSystems
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Solid Core Fission Systems
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 Research Cost: 5000
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| These fission reactors use solid fuels made of heavy radioactive elements to generate energy. | |||||||||||||||
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| When nuclear fission was discovered in 1938, few would have believed that we would one day use it to launch mankind into the vast endlessness of space. And yet, based on our foundational work in achieving nuclear fission in space, we now have created the first generation of solid core fission systems to power both habitats and spaceships. By using solid fuel made of heavy, radioactive materials, such as uranium dioxide or plutonium oxide, we can create a reactor that sustains the chain reaction even in zero-g. The first fission reaction is activated by bombarding the solid fuel with slow-moving neutrons to overcome the binding nuclear force that holds the nucleus of an atom together, releasing a flood of neutrons and energy as it breaks apart. This released energy is captured as heat by pressured water cooling systems designed for space. This is an advancement that will enable new and larger habitats beyond Earth's orbit, and spaceship drives more powerful than ever before possible. Future fission systems will likely employ molten or gas core fuels, which our researchers believe will put us on a more even footing with the alien visitors. | |||||||||||||||
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| Fission Pulse Drives • Molten Core Fission Systems | (100%)Solid Core Fission Reactor I • (100%)Nuclear Freighters | ||||||||||||||
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| "We will never know if Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn even dreamed that their discovery of nuclear fission would one day be used to build spaceships. Let us hope, nevertheless, that we would have made them proud." Chancellor Li Qingzhao, The Academy Keynote Speech at Spaceport Summit | |||||||||||||||
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