The Poet as Scientist: Is it practical to build a hobby nuclear fission reactor?

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[An excerpt, with thanks to Marcus Bales]

Once upon a midnight dreary,
fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

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Monday, August 15, 2022

Is it practical to build a hobby nuclear fission reactor?

We all know about the Farnsworth Fusor and the Polywell, and how it's possible to build a hobby nuclear fusion reactor at a fairly modest price. How about hobby nuclear fission reactors? At least nuclear fission reactors do have some practical utility, they produce energy, while nuclear fusion reactors don't, not with any consistency anyway. So, anyone have any thoughts about how to build a practical, home nuclear fission reactor? Could this be done at an affordable price, and would it have any kind of practical utility at all?

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