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Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. When a fissile nucleus like uranium-235 or plutonium-239 absorbs a neutron , it splits into lighter nuclei, releasing energy, gamma radiation , and free neutrons, which can induce further fission in a self-sustaining chain reaction .
In this file image shows the outside of the Unit 3 reactor containment building at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro. Unit 3 reached “initial criticality” earlier this week, a key step in generating ...
The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant under construction (now halted) This table lists stations under construction stations without any reactor in service. Planned connection column indicates the connection of the first reactor, not thus whole capacity.
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 ...
Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions ...
Hanford’s B Reactor supplied the plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb and launched the Atomic Age. How a small reactor in Eastern WA became the world’s first nuclear plant 80 years ago Skip to main ...
Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements in design. These include improved fuel technology , higher thermal efficiency , significantly enhanced safety systems (including passive nuclear safety ), and standardized designs ...
In its early stages, the reactor plant was referred to as Chicago Pile 4 (CP-4) and Zinn's Infernal Pile . [7] Installation of the reactor at EBR-I took place in early 1951 (the first reactor in Idaho) and it began power operation on August 24, 1951. On December 20 of that year, EBR-I produced electricity for its first time.