The Physics of Chernobyl (1986)

On Saturday 26 April, 1986 the reactor No.4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant, near the city of Pripyat in Ukrainian SSR underwent a catastrophic hydrogen explosion and the world witnessed the worst ever nuclear accident till date. The accident took place while the plant operators were simulating the tests for backup power supply as a part of the safety systems. …

GEN IV Nuclear Reactors

The need for clean and sustainable energy has led scientists and engineers to undertake several projects and experiments for finding new and innovative energy system. Until fusion energy is achieved we have to deal with our existing technologies. Nuclear fission is one such source which has been providing clean energy for industries, transportation and other commerci…

Debunking Nuclear Myths..

Tokamak-The future of Fusion

Soon after tapping power from nuclear fission , Scientist turned their interest towards its mightier twin, Nuclear fusion . The ambitious minds of the 20th Century wanted to tap to the power of the mighty sun. But to reach such technology to contain such powerful energy in a controlled way and reach such high temperatures to make fusion possible was a humongous task.…

How does a Nuclear Reactor work ?!?!

Isn't our viewpoint on availability of energy quite ambiguous? Basically, energy we need is not scarce. It is literally everywhere and in everything. As in the previous post on nuclear energy we discussed that mass is after all just another form of energy. Then what we really mean when we say Energy is the solution for all sufferings of our world? If there is ene…

Nuclear Fusion - "A New Hope!"

MAY THE FUSION BE WITH US! Energy is the fundamental currency for our universe. It lights our cities, grows our food and runs our machines. Humans, for thousands of years were able to get this from different means. By burning fossil fuels, splitting atoms by  Nuclear fission  and photovoltaic cells exposed to sunlight. But then again everything has a dark side to it…

Nuclear Reactor | Reactions at the core

As of April 2020 a total of 440 Nuclear power plants are commercially operational around the world. Additionally, there are 55 reactors under construction and 109 reactors planned, with a combined capacity of 63 GW and 118 GW, respectively. All these use Nuclear fission as their primary process for power generation in a Nuclear Reactor. Let's have a look what goe…

Mass Energy Equivalence

Before posting more about nuclear energy it would be better if our readers know the physics behind  such enormous energy release from  subatomic reactions.

Nuclear fission- Curse becomes a boon

As Robert Oppenheimer "Father of Atomic Bomb" witnessed the power and destruction of the nuclear weapon on 16th July,1945 ,a verse from the Bhagavad Gita ran through his mind :- 'Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds'