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> Nuclear ... create heat that boils water to generate steam that turns a turbine to generate power.

One of my greatest disappointments as a kid was learning this. I'd thought nuclear power somehow got the power of the atom directly to a wire/grid.



Maybe RTGs [1] that are used on some spacecraft will reappoint you.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...


Love the comment and the use of the word “reappoint”. Never thought of the root of the word “disappoint” prior


+1


Aneutronic nuclear fusion with direct energy conversion is the dream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion


the kid in you wants to hear "it's basically a steamboat"


Now I hope this is the dystopia with nuclear paddle-wheel steamboats.


i mean. that's kind of what us nuclear submarines are, just, all jules verne-y


and without the action of a casino




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