advancements in nuclear science and what will be the future use of nuclear science?

Question

plzzz help me in finding out the advancements that took place in nuclear science ? how was it used earliear and what are the advancements till 2006 ? what will be its future use and how is it used in space and in future how it will be used in space science?

Answer 1

Hi, Kenny. You are asking for a lot of information. I have written a book, on the history of nuclear science and will link you to it to read online. This space here is awfully limited.

The short answer is that nuclear science allows us to generate electrical power out in space even when we are far away from stars like the sun.

There are two ways we do that:

1. Nuclear reactors - just like the atomic power plants on earth, reactors depend upon the splitting of uranium or plutonium atoms to generate heat and then the heat is used to boil a liquid and turn a turbine. The turbine moves a coil of wire through a magnetic field and gives you electricity.

2. Thermopyles - plutonium due to its alpha radioactive decay gets pretty hot naturally. If you put two dissimilar wires wrapped around each other in a heat source and then the other end of the wires in somewhere cold (like out in space), electrons will flow through them. This is called a thermocouple. If you put lots of those together, you have what is called a thermopyle. This kind of technology is pretty flawless and is used even for things like heart pacemakers.