Pradeepkumar Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 is it possible to use nuclear fuels in cars ..i didn't mean uranium and plutonium and other things.i thought we could use some elements which when splitted produce a small amount of energy. say for example chlorine when it is splitted it produces 0.954mev of energy. can this be used in cars to produce electricity and run them in electricity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 chlorine requires energy input for it to fission. but yes, it would be theoretically possible to run a car off of a RTG or Reactor but it would have to be a very very big car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pradeepkumar Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 may be in aeroplanes or in rockets i thought that it was a good idea anyway thank you for your suggesstion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Would it be an option to use nuclear batteries? Rather than a big honking reactor, these extract energy from the radioactive decay of certain materials, usually alpha and beta emitters that are fairly simple to block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 well, an RTG is a big nuclear battery. the nuclear batteries as used in pace makers are not so good for high wattage applications such as running a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtharan Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 the nuclear batteries as used in pace makers are not so good for high wattage applications such as running a car. What about Trickle Charging regular batteries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 i suppose that could work. i'll run some calculations when i get home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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