NASA's basement nuclear reactor
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NASA's research holds the promise of a home nuclear reactor (Image: NASA)
A nickel lattice absorbing hydrogen ions (Image: NASA)
Concept of space planes powered by LENR reactors (Image: NASA)
A nickel lattice (Image: NASA)
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If Joseph Zawodny, a senior scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, is correct, the future of energy may lie in a nuclear reactor small enough and safe enough to be installed where the home water heater once sat. Using weak nuclear forces that turn nickel and hydrogen into a new source of atomic energy, the process offers a light, portable means of producing tremendous amounts of energy for the amount of fuel used. It could conceivably power homes, revolutionize transportation and even clean the environment.
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