Abstract and subjects
Most of the exothermic nuclear reactions transfer the mass defect, or binding and surplus energy from the incident particle into kinetic energy of the resulting particles. These particles are traveling through material lattices, interacting by ionization and nuclear collisions. Placing an assembly of alternated electron density and electric conductivity (conductive-insulating) layers in the path of such radiation, the ionization energy is transformed into charge accumulation by polarization. The result is a capacitor like structure charged by the moving particles and discharged electrically. Compared to actual nuclear reactors, where the power density is about 200-500 W/cm(3) due to the fact that power is removed by heat conduction, the new system has a tremendous advantage allowing a power density to be up to 1,000 times higher because it uses electric current to move the power out.