4e generation nuclear reactor

[Cuicui]

Atomic weapons that do not produce radioactive fallout would allow the "winner" to recover ... let's say the entire planet in case of victory!

Everything would be destroyed, radioactivity or not. There would not be much to recover. Not very attractive! The neutron bomb is more efficient, mostly destroying living things.

[sen-no-sen]

Atomic weapons that do not produce radioactive fallout would allow the "winner" to recover ... let's say the entire planet in case of victory!

Everything would be destroyed, radioactivity or not. There would not be much to recover. Not very attractive! The neutron bomb is more efficient, mostly destroying living things.

A pure fusion bomb is not a different class of bomb, but a higher generation weapon.

Indeed a pure fusion weapon could just as well be configured in "classic", but without the radioactive fallout with long lifespan (absence of bomb A like match), or in neutron bomb, or even in effect bomb. maximum mechanics ....

The current neutron bomb is a tactical weapon, therefore used for the purpose of targeted strikes.
The neutron bomb is nonetheless an H bomb, contrary to popular belief, it does not only destroy living beings.
It is simply that at equivalent power, the zone of lethality by radiation is about 3 times stronger than with a conventional H bomb, conversely the mechanical effects are about 3 times less, which still makes it a devastating device!

The fact remains that it is a weapon causing radioactive fallout, and therefore not presenting a strategic interest, most of the nuclear powers have abandoned it or put it aside.

A pure fusion bomb could represent the Holy Grail of weapons of mass destruction, because configured as an N Bomb it could have a lethality potential 100 times greater than an A bomb!
Given the current military strategies, it would be excluded to detonate it on the ground, but rather at high altitude (between 30 and 50km) in order to have almost no mechanical damage and to be able to recover the targeted area.
A "green bomb" (sic) could say one of the Pentagon generals!

[sen-no-sen]

No weapon of this kind is made available in the current arsenal, it is for the moment question of development.

It has been a long time since the development. The discovery of high temperatures by z-pinch dates from 2005!

The development of the concept, ok but not of the arsenals.

[Cuicui]

[A pure fusion bomb could represent the holy grail of weapons of mass destruction, because configured as N Bomb it could have a lethality potential 100 times greater than an A bomb!
Given the current military strategies, it would be excluded to detonate it on the ground, but rather at high altitude (between 30 and 50km) in order to have almost no mechanical damage and to be able to recover the targeted area.
A "green bomb" (sic) could say one of the Pentagon generals!

According to JP Petit, the American army has other toys that we have no idea.

[Cuicui]

Hydropower, wind power, direct or indirect solar power, geothermal energy, biomass are not already widely diversified sources ?.

Unfortunately, no, because apart from geothermal energy, they all come from the sun. In the event of a "nuclear winter" (which could also be due to a meteorite), if a thick cloud layer prevents the sun's rays from reaching us, if the water is frozen, only oil will remain, geothermal energy and fission power plants. Non-polluting alternatives would then be very useful.

[sen-no-sen]

[A pure fusion bomb could represent the holy grail of weapons of mass destruction, because configured as N Bomb it could have a lethality potential 100 times greater than an A bomb!
Given the current military strategies, it would be excluded to detonate it on the ground, but rather at high altitude (between 30 and 50km) in order to have almost no mechanical damage and to be able to recover the targeted area.
A "green bomb" (sic) could say one of the Pentagon generals!

According to JP Petit, the American army has other toys that we have no idea.

It is reported after André Gsponer research on thermonuclear weapons ignited by ... antimatter! ... magnetic necking nevertheless represents a definite advantage in terms of the ease of storage of its weapons.

In the science fiction / reality field there are also psychotronic weapons, climatic weapons, seismic, pandemic GM viruses activated by radio emissions ...

When it comes to domination, the human being is capable of all horrors!

Unfortunately, no, because apart from geothermal energy, they all come from the sun. In the event of a "nuclear winter" (which could also be due to a meteorite), if a thick cloud layer prevents the sun's rays from reaching us, if the water is frozen, only oil will remain, geothermal energy and fission power plants. Non-polluting alternatives would then be very useful.

Yes, but at the present time, we are more in a logic of warming than falling meteorites.
A global thermonuclear war on the other hand could have the same effects ... so nuclear, one way or another no thanks!

I believe that the future is in sobriety and in the synergy of renewable energies.

The development of unlimited energy on a human scale would be a disaster given the ideology based on exponential growth, in the sense that "clean thermo-nuclear" (sic!) Would only reinforce this idea and would lead us to a crumbling of global ecosystems.

[Cuicui]

I believe that the future is in sobriety and in the synergy of renewable energies.
The development of unlimited energy on a human scale would be a disaster given the ideology based on exponential growth,

To believe that cheap energy will be a disaster is, in my opinion, a reaction of the privileged rich who does not suffer from lack of energy.
I believe that the future lies in the end of misery and ignorance. Conflicts are due to exasperation of shortages and fears. An ideology based on exponential belief reveals a fear of failing.
We need to be informed, educated, reassured and warned against any form of propaganda. No head of state will be able to wage war or abuse the planet if all citizens oppose it.
All forms of energy intelligently used for the well-being of all and not for the benefit of the irresponsible few are, in my opinion, welcome.
If we do not quickly find a way to make clean nuclear power, I fear that before renewable energies can sufficiently take over especially for heating in winter or for desalinating seawater in arid countries, we will have for a long time to come from dirty nuclear power, with Chernobyls and Fukushima, as well as the production and storage of ever more plutonium and hazardous waste.

[sen-no-sen]

To believe that cheap energy will be a disaster is, in my opinion, a reaction of the privileged rich who does not suffer from lack of energy.

It is precisely the wealthy privileged who seek at all the energy at low cost to continue their exactions and the maintenance of their dominations.
Historically, thermodynamics has replaced the old slave.


From a purely scientific point of view, it is pseudo-egalitarianism in consumption that is the engine of the destruction of ecosystems and of most modern wars.
No offense to the egalitarian-capitalists, the American way of life transposed to the rest of the world is equal to the death of the biosphere.

I believe that the future lies in the end of misery and ignorance.

No indicators show us the signs of such a future ...
The future may well lie in destruction and death, besides why build new generation nuclear weapons, underground bases, stealth aircraft etc ...?

Conflicts are due to exasperation of shortages and fears. An ideology based on exponential belief reveals a fear of failing.

Conflicts arise from a set of instincts, such as the ritual of territory, the ritual of domination ...
As you mentioned they aim to guarantee survival in order to avoid the lack of supply, the domination by other groups etc ... the human being has hardly evolved from a biological point of view since its appearance 200000 years ago, there is no reason for its instincts to disappear.

The search for exponential growth, on the other hand, is about addiction, unconsciousness in physical limits and from a psychological point of view in the fear of death (but I think that Ahmed would be more able to answer this question).

We need to be informed, educated, reassured and warned against any form of propaganda. No head of state will be able to wage war or abuse the planet if all citizens oppose it. All forms of energy intelligently used for the well-being of all and not for the benefit of the irresponsible few are, in my opinion, welcome.

I agree with you, but it remains a vision of "care bears": we need a better world, we need equality, we just have to save the planet, we have to stop misery, it is just wish nothing more ....

If we do not quickly find a way to make clean nuclear power, I fear that before renewable energies can sufficiently take over especially for heating in winter or for desalinating seawater in arid countries, we will have for a long time to come from dirty nuclear power, with Chernobyls and Fukushima, as well as the production and storage of ever more plutonium and hazardous waste.

Believing that "clean" nuclear power will save the planet and quench the thirst of little Africans is naïve the strongest, the bosses of Monsanto say the same things to sell their crap!
With what magic wand, will the great leaders transform their appetites for profit into planetary philanthropy?
Technologies change, but people don't!


Technical means, whether renewable or not, are only means and not an end in themselves.

There is no technological Messiah who will come and save us poor consumers.
The solution lies in a complete overhaul of our lifestyles and in the exponential renunciation of consumption.

[Ahmed]

It's not fair, Sen-no-sen! You answered before me and very well in addition (normal!)!

Indeed, the problem is not, contrary to what is asserted everywhere, the possible shortage of energy, but its current excess and the fear that it will not last and that thus the continued destruction of nature will not last. run short.
The search for exponential growth is more metaphysical than just psychology, the negation of our individual death and the "compensatory" will to destroy everything so that nothing survives this irremediable scandal.

[sen-no-sen]

The search for exponential growth is more metaphysical than just psychology, the negation of our individual death and the "compensatory" will to destroy everything so that nothing survives this irremediable scandal.

Low hat!
It is a subject of "point", which to my knowledge has never been approached by the media, and some authors say "classic" do not dare to face the dragon of the growth and its obscure origins, so much this dogma is all powerful!


To come back to nuclear power of 3,4, or 5th generations, I do not see how there would be a human revolution in the event of "control".
As said Hubert Reeves:"Nuclear power is the energy of Angels, because to use it wisely, you have to be perfect".

As early as the 60s, technological capacities already enabled us to meet our needs via renewables, however the paths taken were not those suggested by technical discoveries, the economy and its drifts have dragged us into full swing. "technological middle ages"
The "super-nuke" would only do, it seems to me, definitively establish scientific logic.