The radioisotopic thermoelectric generator
08.02.2026 09:43 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0@ilovescience.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Robert B. Hayes, PhD, CHP, PE Fellow of the Health Physics Society Fellow of the American Physical Society The opinions stated are strictly my own and not those of North Carolina State University
The radioisotopic thermoelectric generator
08.02.2026 09:43 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Hayes, R. B. (2022). The ubiquity of nuclear fission reactors throughout time and space. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH, 125. doi.org/10.1016/j.pc...
08.02.2026 09:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If something important is slow and expensive, we should fix it, and not ban or oppose it
08.02.2026 09:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meme it!
05.02.2026 23:47 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0O'Mara, R.P., & Hayes, R.B. (2020). Three-dimensional Positional Analysis of Weapons Grade Plutonium Using Gridded Arrays of Dosimeters. ESARDA Bulletin - The International Journal of Nuclear Safeguards and Non-proliferation, 61, 32-38. doi.org/10.3011/ESAR...
05.02.2026 09:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nuclear non-proliferation research in ubiquitous characterization of nuclear material
05.02.2026 09:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Consider the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Southeast New Mexico. They have been licensed by the EPA since 1999 and have been disposing of transuranic (plutonium) waste ever since. You simply need good geology to remove the risk permanently from the biosphere.
www.wipp.energy.gov
Rusty uranium
31.01.2026 14:11 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Book reviews on "Rad Future" and "Energy is Life"
30.01.2026 12:27 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Hayes, Robert Bruce. "Nuclear energy myths versus facts support its expanded use-a review."Β Cleaner Energy SystemsΒ 2 (2022): 100009.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
Nuclear energy myths
28.01.2026 13:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Try discussing any limitations or problems with thorium. Many of those proponents come off to me as being flat out fanatical.
27.01.2026 01:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The physics of neutron ionizing radiation #science
25.01.2026 13:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What if lots of nuclear power plants melt down at the same time?
22.01.2026 12:26 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I have long suffered pervasive trolling from the anti-nuclear crowd. That comes with speaking truth to power imo
22.01.2026 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Direct energy conversion from fission is not possible today (but maybe someday)
17.01.2026 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Quantum mechanical origins of xrays and gamma
15.01.2026 13:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Special relativity and electromagnetism
11.01.2026 15:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Molten salt nuclear reactor concepts
06.01.2026 20:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Online graduate certificate in health physics at NC State
31.12.2025 13:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The perfect solution fallacy in energy options
30.12.2025 14:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reality or what feels right?
29.12.2025 20:36 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Malthusianism
28.12.2025 13:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Geothermal energy is excellent! #electricity
23.12.2025 04:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New Clear Energy?
20.12.2025 16:56 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Nuclear non-proliferation
19.12.2025 23:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Anti-nuclear narratives and radiological risk
18.12.2025 22:12 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Part 2, Future nuclear meltdowns predicted
16.12.2025 16:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Part 1, Future nuclear meltdowns
16.12.2025 16:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0