Muon Catalyzed Fission AND Fusion
Re: [Vo]:"muon catalyzed fission" Jones Beene Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:13:09 -0700
Robin wrote:
*** Assuming a radius of 10 fm for the nucleus of a Uranium atom, to which a negative muon would be attracted, and thus gain kinetic energy, coming from "infinitely" far away, the muon would gain about 13 MeV of kinetic energy. That's more than enough to fission even U238 (or any actinide for that matter) directly.
Which means thorium is in play... (India has a lot of thorium and could be an early adopter)
*** So whether the muons are created by a proton beam or from UDH probably wouldn't make any difference. This would result in complete "burn up" of Uranium in the reactor, leaving no long lived actinide waste. Yes, the argument could be made that muon catalyzed fission despite the name - is in fact, cleaner than fusion. So the bottom line is still the same: "does the Holmlid effect, and/or the Norront implementation of same, really produce a flux of ultra cheap muons ? ... as is the claim. Norront is pursuing muon catalyzed fusion (which is probably NOT the best utilization of muons, given the high cost of heavy water) but it is not too late to change horses.
Putting all the details in perspective - both scientific and economic - India see,s like the perfect place to implement a muon catalyzed thorium fission reactor. What is the downside, other than to the purveyors of traditional fission of enriched U?
Let's hope India can first survive the pandemic... and second that Bill Gates or another benefactor gets wind of this...
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“Norront is pursuing muon catalyzed fusion (which is probably NOT the best utilization of muons, given the high cost of heavy water) but it is not too late to change horses.”
A separation process based upon a material with selective adsorption for light nuclei, provides for a 11:1 single pass concentration of deuterium or tritium from a mixture containing protium.
“Capture of heavy hydrogen isotopes in a metal-organic framework with active Cu(I) sites”—nature communications:
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14496
Mostly that it still generates radwaste. No way to avoid that with heavy-element fission.
Re: [Vo]:Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature
Jones Beene Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:11:49 -0700
It is possible that whatever it is Cambridge may have found relative to muons also relates to surprisingly efficient muon production in the Holmlid/Norront reactor... apparently there is a mystery particle which affects muons in a previously unknown way ?
BTW from their site, Norront have 3 muon reactors working in Norway and one in Sweden.
Things are getting interesting...
This whole UDD *leads to* muon thing may be near, or even gone past the proverbial "tipping point"... when we look back on it in a couple of years.
Jones
H LV wrote:
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Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting!
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Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature
https://www.bbc.com/news/56643677
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.... There is currently a one in a 40,000 chance that the result could be a statistical fluke - equating to a statistical level of confidence described as 4.1 sigma.
A level of 5 sigma, or a one in 3.5 million chance of the observation being a coincidence, is needed to claim a discovery. ....
Prof Ben Allanach, from Cambridge University, who was not involved with the latest effort, said: "My Spidey sense is tingling and telling me that this is going to be real. ....
The Muon g-2 experiment involves sending the particles around a 14-metre ring and then applying a magnetic field. Under the current laws of physics, encoded in the Standard Model, this should make the muons wobble at a certain rate.
Instead, the scientists found that muons wobbled at a faster rate than expected. This might be caused by a force of nature that's completely new to science.....Harry