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A fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to generate heat. By doing so, it bypasses the Carnot cycle and can achieve efficiencies of up to 90% instead of 40–45% attainable by efficient turbine-driven thermal reactors.
These types are not exclusive, for example a VVER is a PWR. It may not even always be clear what is included in a type: In some contexts an ABWR is a type of BWR, but in most contexts it is not. See also Category:Nuclear power stations and its subcategories for details of particular power reactors.
List of nuclear power plants in Japan; List of Russian small nuclear reactors; List of cancelled nuclear reactors in Russia; List of United States naval reactors; List of cancelled nuclear reactors in the United States; List of the largest nuclear power stations in the United States; List of nuclear power systems in space
This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid. All commercial nuclear reactors use nuclear fission. As of December 2024, there are 419 operable power reactors in the world, with a ...
Nuclear power reactor types (6 C, 79 P) Nuclear reactors by type (4 C, 3 P) Nuclear research reactors (1 C, 117 P) S. ... List of nuclear power plants in Japan;
The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) is an international organization with its stated goal being "the development of concepts for one or more Generation IV systems that can be licensed, constructed, and operated in a manner that will provide a competitively priced and reliable supply of energy ... while satisfactorily addressing nuclear safety, waste, proliferation and public perception ...
This is an annotated list of all the nuclear fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of producing material for nuclear weapons.
A fission nuclear power plant is generally composed of: a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reactions generating heat take place; a cooling system, which removes the heat from inside the reactor; a steam turbine, which transforms the heat into mechanical energy; an electric generator, which transforms the mechanical energy into electrical ...