nuclear fuel in cars

[Pradeepkumar]

is it possible to use nuclear fuels in cars ..i didn't mean uranium and plutonium and other things.i thought we could use some elements which when splitted produce a small amount of energy. say for example chlorine when it is splitted it produces 0.954mev of energy.

 

can this be used in cars to produce electricity

and run them in electricity

[insane_alien]

chlorine requires energy input for it to fission.

 

but yes, it would be theoretically possible to run a car off of a RTG or Reactor but it would have to be a very very big car.

[Pradeepkumar]

may be in aeroplanes or in rockets

 

i thought that it was a good idea anyway thank you for your suggesstion

[Mr Skeptic]

Would it be an option to use nuclear batteries? Rather than a big honking reactor, these extract energy from the radioactive decay of certain materials, usually alpha and beta emitters that are fairly simple to block.

[insane_alien]

well, an RTG is a big nuclear battery.

 

the nuclear batteries as used in pace makers are not so good for high wattage applications such as running a car.

[Edtharan]

the nuclear batteries as used in pace makers are not so good for high wattage applications such as running a car.

What about Trickle Charging regular batteries?

[insane_alien]

i suppose that could work. i'll run some calculations when i get home