Title: Nuclear energy - RationalWiki
Headings: Nuclear energy
Nuclear energy
Contents
Types of nuclear energy
What it can do
Why some people do not like it
Notes
References

Content: Some even worried that the plutonium could be stolen and used to make atomic bombs. Such fears were groundless; RTGs use plutonium-238, an isotope that's useless for making nuclear weapons. Jump up
↑ Technology has advanced to the point of solar power being able to replace nuclear one at least as far away as Jupiter -see the Juno mission or the proposed SPRITE Saturn probe-
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↑ Specifically, it can turn an isotope of mercury into gold, but this is not economical. Extracting precious metals from nuclear waste is a more promising idea. Jump up
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