>nuclear energy
>its just a water boiler

yup, our understanding of energy conversion is at best primitive

We would set of nuke and try slow down that 1% speed of light piston.

>>16724544 (OP)

>electricity

Sometimes all you need is a nuclear steam engine ... ;)

>>16724544 (OP)
How does nuclear power work in space probes? They don't have a miniature water wheel, right?

>>16724595
Every form of energy can be converted to another form of energy (for a steep exchange fee, of course)

In the case of deep space probes, it's heat->electricity, a thermoelectric generator, which is the Seebeck effect.

GIANT FUCKING KETTLES

>>16724716
any other kettle maxxers ITT?

Imagine going to college for years and getting a PHD just to learn how to boil water

Here is my water boiling diploma guys!

>>16724544 (OP)
>rocket science
>it's just a bomb

>>16724848
they have PHD's who specialize in fossil fired plants too, they are boiling water without even the nuclear part
truely grim

best nuclear power concept without water i've found is the helion reactor

>cryogenic cooling
>it's just a piston engine

>>16724544 (OP)
Steam punk era never left...

>>16726628
>Heat is also harnessed
i wonder how

>>16724544 (OP)
turns out water is some super substance that we just happen to have a shit ton of in easily accessible form

>>16724595
like the piezoelectric effect, there is a thermoelectric effect, and in a similar manner to a piezo, not only does a strain/temperature gradient cause a potential to develop across an object, so too does an applied voltage cause a strain/thermal gradient to develop
in a radioisotope generator, you wrap a chunk of plutonium that's red hot from its own radioactivity and wrap it in thermoelectric material with heat sinks and radiators on the outside to provide a cold reservoir, since the bigger the thermal gradient the bigger the potential difference

>>16727200
>efficiency at less than 10%
That's worse than boiling water

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BES-5

there have been a few non-boiler nuclear reactors

>>16727205
reliability is really important for mission critical parts
also, the waste heat warms the electronics ans sensors, because semiconductors are highly temperature dependent and can get too cold to operate

>>16726628
Charged particles in magnetic fields tend to move in spirals, and if they do that, they emit radiation, and I’m not sure where that energy is going.

>>16726628
>"like a diesel engine"
https://youtu.be/mT3szPEb8aQ

>>16724620
Stop lying