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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G I think that one of the unmanned thingies going to jupiter is nuc-powered. If nuc can be that small, I don't know why it can't fit in a train. Cornfield meets, however, would add a new dimension with mushroom clouds. Dave Vergun [/quote] I'm not sure how it works, but the reactors on the Voyager probes (and Pioneer as well?) rely on the direct conversion of particles given off by plutonium oxide to electricity. This is not your typical boiler-type reactor. I'm not sure if it would work on a large scheme, but I personally don't want huge piles of plutonium hurtling down the tracks. FWIW, I grew up near a nuke plant - one that was on the NRC watch list more often than not. I grew up with this stuff, so it's not far-out science to me.
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