How hard would it would be to convert my 1991 toyota camry to run on nuclear power?

Question

I have no technical training in this area and would appreciate any help I can get. I am tired of paying the high prices at the pumps, so I figured I would just go nuclear.

Answer 1

Hard is a relative term, compared to building a bridge to Mars it would be easy, but compared to getting a job to pay for gas it is extremely complex.

Answer 2

Several ways:

1. Cold fusion, bombarding ordinary water with electrons from an old cathode ray tube, in order to make steam and run a turbine.
2. Find the uranium that Bush said Saddam was trying to get from a mine that ceased production over a decade ago, then let it disintegrate rapidly as this administration's credibility until it heats up the water fast like the Iran or North Korean crisis, then run the turbine as above.
3. Did you mean "no clear power"?

Answer 3

Bad idea

in order to do that you'd need a big car, not only to hold all the things you need to get nuclear energy but also to hold all that uranium. Believe me going nuclear is way more expensive than paying for gas. My advice, bump up to the Toyota Prius (60 mpg city, 52 mpg highway)

Answer 4

Believe me nuclear fuel is not that suitable for your car. anyway if you insist I can tell you how:
there are two ways to obtain mecanical power from nuclear:
1- through nuclear gas heating turbines: inline compressor, nuclear desintegration furnace and turbine. the cool air is sucked by the compressor to the nuclear chamber where the uranuim is desintegrating to lead and radiation with very high heat, with graphite curtain to cool down and control the speed. the air is to be heaten up and limited by the small chamber so the pressure will increase much and help the turbine to get power. the shaft of turbine will have high torque to be used to let your car moving.
2- otherwise you can chose steam turbine nuclear powered. you let the water inside a closed boiling chamber thermally connected to nuclear chamber so the water will boil quickly and steam will be pressurized. it's connected to a turbine where steam will let it turn, you can get power from steam turbine shaft

Answer 5

I think it would cost more to do that, and you car would be too big to drive on the road....so you would have to drive up in the air...and the cost of nuclear fuel is more expensive then gas...If you come up with a car that can ride the air waves, let me in on the deal....I need to make some money too!

Answer 6

Perhaps the most practical solution would be to use a thermopile like they do with space probes. Then use the output of the thermopile to run electric motors that you buy from conversion kits.

Answer 7

Somewhat difficult. If you find the design schematics for a nuclear submarine, just 'scale' the size down to something that will fit under your car hood. Then simply hook it up to your tranny.

Answer 8

No. The amount of radioactive material needed to make your car go would require an impractical amount of shielding to prevent the passengers from getting leukemia.

Answer 9

You should do it. Make sure to play with the radioactive isotope you are going to use, maybe see if you can change it;s shape. Sleep with it for a least a week before you consider putting it in your car. DARWIN RULES!

Answer 10

I think the Russians tried that once...yeah...they used a small western European car...they called it the "Chernobyl Mini".