Could Atom Smashers Be Used For Energy?

[Kylonicus]

Could atom smashers be used for energy?

 

I was thinking, if you were to use an atom smasher to break apart lead, would that possibly release more energy, due to the neutrons and what not splitting off, then it would be possible through the use of bombardment with X-rays and high frequency lasers to cause the radioactive waste to decay producing energy.

 

Basically, atom smashers could be used to produce some energy, and if the energy wasn't enough, the radioactive waste could be used as a power source, but using lasers or X-rays to accelerate the decay of the nuclear waste, as well as produce large sums of energy that it normally would have produced over it's lifetime.

 

The only problem I can see with this scenario is

 

A) The total energy produced by the procedure would either be less than the energy cost, or it would to costly financially.

 

Or

 

B) It would take a large sum of energy to extract the energy from the nuclear waste, and the engines which would collect the energy from the nuclear waste wouldn't have a high enough efficiency level to collect the power from it to make it cost effect energy wise.

 

 

What do yall think?

[swansont]

No. You'd use far more energy than you'd ever produce.