How feasible would it be to build an atomic power capsule?
I can’t even fathom how it would work, so I can hardly guess as to how practical it would be. Maybe someone out there, someday, will have a fantastic idea that will lead to an atomic power capsule. I wouldn’t hold my breath, though, if I were you. How did Tom deal with the threat of a capsule meltdown? Nowhere in the book is there mentioned even the possibility of the capsule having a runaway chain reaction and exploding. There were pressure problems, but Tom’s durastress alloy solved them. Evidently, if the book is to be believed, the type of atomic reaction Tom used was vastly different than the type commonly used today. Perhaps, as I said before, he used a type of cold fusion cell. Cold fusion cells, however, do not generate any pressure How did Tom deal with the radiation from the atomic power capsule? While the capsule is known to release radiation, there is no account anywhere as to how Tom dealt with it. (Perhaps I’m wrong; if so, then e-mail me.) My guess would be that he coate
