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  2. Nuclear reactor - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Nuclear power reactor types - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Nuclear reactors - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear power reactor types (6 C, 79 P) ... List of nuclear power plants in Japan; ... List of nuclear power systems in space;

  5. Lists of nuclear reactors - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Generation IV reactor - Wikipedia

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    The majority of reactors in operation around the world are considered second generation and third generation reactor systems, as the majority of the first generation systems have been retired. China was the first country to operate a demonstration generation-IV reactor, the HTR-PM in Shidaowan, Shandong , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which is a pebble-bed type ...

  7. List of small modular reactor designs - Wikipedia

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    The stable salt reactor (SSR) is a nuclear reactor design proposed by Moltex Energy. [117] It represents a breakthrough in molten salt reactor technology, with the potential to make nuclear power safer, cheaper and cleaner. The modular nature of the design, including reactor core and non-nuclear buildings, allows rapid deployment on a large scale.

  8. List of commercial nuclear reactors - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Nuclear power plant - Wikipedia

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    Modern nuclear reactor designs have had numerous safety improvements since the first-generation nuclear reactors. A nuclear power plant cannot explode like a nuclear weapon because the fuel for uranium reactors is not enriched enough, and nuclear weapons require precision explosives to force fuel into a small enough volume to become supercritical.