Radiation Hardened Camera Used During Reactor Refueling Operation
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Fascinating shit, I've wanted to develop rad hardened electronics for the longest, shame there's only like two fabs that make them.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;47358664]Whoa. That is insanely cool.
How does one start a nuclear reactor? Obviously the control rods can't be in place and prohibiting a reaction, but do you need to generate a burst of neutrons or will the fuel start the reaction on it's own?[/QUOTE]
It's called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_fission]spontaneous fission[/url].
Some elements when they decay into daughter elements will instead of decaying normally, give off neutrons. Some isotopes have a higher probability of this happening than others.
There are also other sources of neutrons that could be used to start a chain reaction such as stellar radiation.
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