Because we can travel for years with the power of a weight! Ford used the first time in the Nucleon vehicle. However, for the reasons we will explain soon, he unfortunately could not achieve success.

Because Uranium is not as “innocent as much as we think.

How is Uranium such a strong power supply?

Uranium is an element used in nuclear reactors to meet the electrical requirements of many countries. The main reason for being radioactive is that the isotopes are not stable.

Isotopes, including Uranium-235, can be divided by a process called nuclear fission. In this process, a neutron hits the uranium nucleus and reveals a gigantic power by dividing it into smaller modules. 1 kg of uranium produces a power of approximately 3000 tons of coal.

Therefore, transportation vehicles working with nuclear power can work for years without filling fuel.

Why don’t we use the uranium used on ships and submarines so strong in cars or planes?

In fact, producing nuclear power covers a very sensitive process and can result in a disaster when not reality. Radiation is the largest of these. The wastes that occur as a result of the uranium and fission process spread heavy radiation.

Exposure to radiation for a long time brings many problems.

Cancer, genetic disorders and important health problems that can go up to the position are one of these problems. Imagine that nuclear reactor is now used in vehicles we use almost every day or in the planes we use during the reasonable periods of the year. Radiation leakage in an possible accident can create a complete disaster scenario.

For this, it would be enough for us to look at the examples that have been experienced in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Using uranium in vehicles on the occasion is even greater risk than it is assumed.

Nuclear reactors are quite heavy and large.

This may come up as an other cause of use. Because to produce a light reactor to be used in a vehicle or aircraft, quite a lot of trouble. Nuclear reactors currently used are often used on giant ships or nuclear power plants. Moreover, advanced measures taken are also engaged.

Well, wasn’t it ever tried before? Of course it was tried. In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviets tried to develop nuclear motor planes. However, the reactor was so heavy that it was a torment to the aircraft. As a result, the project was canceled. Ford, Nucleon, to use in vehicles at one -to -one time, introduced the Nucleon vehicle. However, this project could not be implemented for precedent reasons.

The cost is also quite high.

Even nuclear power plants are built and operated at very high costs. Producing a nuclear reactor car means millions of costs. Can manufacturers may afford this cost besides all these risks? We don’t think much.

Instead, electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells that we use today offer much more practical and faithful analyzes than nuclear power.

Is nuclear power not used in transportation at all?

It is used, but only in very large and special vehicles. Nuclear ships and submarines, spacecraft benefit from this power. Provided that the usual measures are tight.

Nevertheless, as we said, using the uranium that we can travel with a kilos for years in vehicles, will not be as sinless and easy as we think.

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