5-Minute Nuclear

5-Minute Nuclear We are a non-profit educational company with a focus on informing the public on the wonders of nuclear energy, while debunking associated misconceptions!

Are you ready to learn about the many wild things that make up the world? How to burn a rock to power a nation? Add an alpha emitter to an antibody to cure a cancer? You will come to realize not everything "nuclear" is bad. In fact, you will begin to see how different nuclear processes save many lives every day. How a relatively small amount of refined ore does the work of a hundred train-loads of

"dirty" coal while at the same time transforms coal utilization. The promise of 5MN is that you don't need to be a genius to get it. Clearly presented knowledge is easily attainable. You can learn what nuclear isotopes are, how nuclear reactors work, about the historical and political nature of the nuclear industry in power and medicine, classical and modern physics, the Standard Model that explains almost everything, and so much more!

The Ubiquitous Uranium
01/30/2020

The Ubiquitous Uranium

We all are stars of yesterday. You and me both are made of matter that was created in ancient stars and supernovas. Carbon, and all heavier atoms, were created in these explosions which also spread them around the universe. Uranium, the mineral used as fuel in nuclear power reactors, is… Continue ...

How long can renewables keep growing?
01/30/2020

How long can renewables keep growing?

There are a couple things to consider here: Energy required, quality of that energy, replacement rate, and consistency. First off, those energy scenarios mentioned here (Unrealistic and crippling energy scenarios), show that through using purely renewables, we will have to also reduce our energy con...

Nuclear and the Chasm between Science and Politics
01/30/2020

Nuclear and the Chasm between Science and Politics

In a democracy, political policy is shaped by the views and opinions of the community. Nuclear technology carries significant historical baggage, often fuelled by a political, media and pop culture landscape unfamiliar with the technology, which leads to portraying nuclear with dramatic inaccuracy.....

Nuclear Explosion Test Detection: The Seismic Technique
01/29/2020

Nuclear Explosion Test Detection: The Seismic Technique

The nuclear explosive is emplaced in its test configuration inside a horizontal shaft excavated deep inside a mountain. The purpose of this test is to validate a new design concept which reduces the quantity of fissile material used while maintaining the original device yield of 20 kilotons equivale...

Nuclear Reactor: What Millions of People Don’t Know
01/29/2020

Nuclear Reactor: What Millions of People Don’t Know

Ever wonder how a nuclear reactor works? We’ve heard of fission and we know that electrons surround a nucleus. But what do these things mean? Perhaps you think something causes electrons to get chemically angry and just leave their nuclear family. Maybe you think that some divine magical force is ...

“Nobody can fully eliminate coal, it’s too hard!” It’s already happened…
01/28/2020

“Nobody can fully eliminate coal, it’s too hard!” It’s already happened…

[generation values updated 14JULY2018] That’s right! Ontario cut what was 25% of their grid supply to over 13 million people over 12 years. You can actually find a live stream of their power usage by source at http://live.gridwatch.ca/home-page.html. It includes their carbon emissions and everythi...

History of Nuclear Energy
01/28/2020

History of Nuclear Energy

This article comes from our friends over at whatisnuclear.com. I highly recommend checking out their site, as it provides some very good information on the future of nuclear energy. This article lays out in chronological order the development of nuclear as a useful energy source, along with the innu...

The Fukushima Accident
01/27/2020

The Fukushima Accident

There have been three major nuclear power plant accidents, with the most recent taking place on March 11, 2011 in Japan. On this day, an earthquake struck the island and caused a tsunami that affected the generators on the plant that resulted in a failure. Although this accident resulted in… Conti...

Bringing Some Realistic Expectations to Clean Energy
01/27/2020

Bringing Some Realistic Expectations to Clean Energy

Back when nuclear energy was first introduced, the media took the new idea and turned it into this magical thing that would solve all of the world’s problems before the year 2000. But the industry hadn’t been around long enough to have enough experience building the reactors, and had yet… Cont...

Not Your Olympic LFTR
01/27/2020

Not Your Olympic LFTR

As Joe brought his misbehaving car into the shop for repairs, he thought about the YouTube videos he watched last night dealing with a promising source of electricity and high temperature power. “Hey, Homer! How are things going in the wide world of automobile engineering?” “Hey, Joe! I just f...

Nuclear Accidents
01/26/2020

Nuclear Accidents

Fear is the Largest Health Hazard of Nuclear Accidents The mere possibility of nuclear accidents is one of the biggest worries people have when it comes to nuclear power. Even if the accidents are quite rare and unlikely, they can cause significant harm and damages. But how significant, and what… ...

Dad’s Introduction to Thorium
01/26/2020

Dad’s Introduction to Thorium

Dad walked in the door exhausted but satisfied after another hard ten-hour day of accounting work at the office. But this particular day had been unusual. He was proud and deeply honored to have helped a Gold Star mom settle the estate of her recently killed-in-action son at no charge.… Continue r...

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