Can nuclear materials release enough energy to move a thing?

Subject: Can nuclear materials release enough energy to move a thing?

Date: Sun Nov 23 04:42:11 2003
Posted by clare wehrle
Grade level: grad (science) School: formerly Stanford
City: new orleans State/Province: la Country: usa
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1069584131.Ph

Message:


Can the kinetic energy from a radioactive substance move an object without the 
addition of an explosive? How large an object? Can this energy break metal, 
etc. without an explosive?

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