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Would increasing the stability of nuclei have other side effects than just fission not happening?
I'm writing a short story where humanity lives in a section of the universe that's causing the nuclei to be unstable.
To explain what I mean, we here have hydrogen, deuterium and tritium where ...
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Could you freeze a nuclear explosion [closed]
The character who I'm talking about is faced with certain death and has to freeze a nuclear exposition that's coming right at him, would this work, and how would it. This character has ice-based ...
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Do chemicals from nuclear reprocessing waste remain radioactive? Are they flammable?
I'm writing a story about a town whose residents all work at a nuclear reprocessing site. Some teenagers begin to hang out near a small body of water close to the site that they call "the swamp". The ...
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What would happen if someone could remotely manipulate atoms?
Those of you who are familiar with the DC Comics hero Firestorm know that he can alter the chemical structure of any form of inorganic matter, provided he knows the chemical equation. In my story, I ...
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Could a futuristic group of people collect/farm nuclear pasta from neutron stars?
Would it even be feasible under science fiction logic? It would allow nuclear weapons to be mass produced if the nuclear pasta could actually be collected and contained safely.
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Are there semi plausible scenarios where Nuclear Winter could last a thousand years or trigger an ice age?
Trying to develop a fictional scenario with a 'believable' theory as to how a Nuclear War and resulting Nuclear Winter could turn into a millennial scale ice age. By 'believable', I mean that it ...
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How feasible is this gravity-altering exotic matter I’ve conceived? Would it have any unforseen consequences?
Ok so I was thinking about a way to hypothetically have undiscovered elements with bizarre properties (for unobtainium purposes). And an idea hit me: replace nucleons with heavier but stable ...
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Effect of nuclear fallout on glacial ice
I'm working on building a post nuclear war society in a nuclear winter where northern countries have risen to dominance through a combination of being non-primary targets in the nuclear war and having ...
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How would nuclear fallout affect the oceans?
I'm trying to build a setting in which humankind would have no other choice than to live underwater to survive.
Suppose there was a nuclear war in which a huge part of the human population died, and ...
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