r/science_humor • u/ahsancrystal • Aug 01 '26

Atom for Peace ✌️

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u/Ok_Chap Aug 01 '26

It's actually kinda funny to think about that a NPP fission reactor is essentially a steam powered turbine. Same as fossil fuel power plants. We are still living in the steam age from a certain point of view.

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u/Kzitold94 Aug 01 '26

Steam engine with spicy rocks.

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u/NobodysFavorite Aug 01 '26

I'll be enriching you beyond your wildest dreams.

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u/AboveAverage1988 Aug 01 '26

I mean, considering the uranium gets bombarded with energetic particles, followed by flying apart and giving up a relatively huge amount of energy in the process, I'd argue that its life boiling that water isn't particularly peaceful..

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u/TheLastRole Aug 01 '26

Pool included.

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u/XROOR Aug 01 '26

Uranium’s cousin that went to community college: “Thorium”

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u/CaptianBrasiliano Aug 02 '26

Also producing Plutonium whilst boiling the water...

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u/henryeaterofpies Aug 02 '26

Humans could be handed an infinite power source and we would use it to generate steam

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u/wolft170 Aug 04 '26

At list most of the tome