The energy potential in the Ni/H reactor is very large in comparisons to U235 and if the nickel powder is not destroyed. The hydrogen, aluminum, and oxygen will transmute in all sorts of ways in a long chain of energy producing transmutations over the years.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry Forsley told me: "The pellet is ceramic and comprised of U2O3 and > other U oxides, so the proportion of uranium is less than 100%, and hence, > the enrichment is likely close to 5%. Over the typical fuel cycle, 4 1/2 > years, more than half of the U-235 will fission while neutron capture on > U-238 will breed Pu-239 and Pu-240." > > So, for 29% of the total energy from the pellet roughly 40 g of material > would be transmuted. I think. > > - Jed > >
