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"Nuclear spheres" for making a model of an alpha particle Gilbert Atomic Energy Manual — a 60-page instruction book written by Dr. Ralph E. Lapp Learn How Dagwood Split the Atom — comic book introduction to radioactivity, written with the help of General Leslie Groves (director of the Manhattan Project ) and John R. Dunning (a physicist who ...
English: Nuclear reactor: pressurized water type. Water is heated through the splitting of uranium atoms in the reactor core. The water, held under high pressure to keep it from boiling, produces steam by transferring heat to a secondary source of water. The steam is used to generate electricity.
The aim of the template is to show the characteristics of an reactor design (e.g. RBMK) or individual experimental or prototype reactors (e.g. Chicago Pile-1 or Superphénix), but not for individual power plants (e.g. not Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant)
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.
Operates commercial nuclear reactors since 2020. Brazil: Two reactors in operation, a third under construction since 2010 and other four projected as of 2011. See Angra Nuclear Power Plant. China: Over 100 new reactors planned Czech Republic: 6 reactors in 2 plants in operation (4 in Dukovany NPP and 2 in Temelín NPP). Three new reactors ...
Print/export Download as PDF ... Pages in category "Nuclear reactors" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total. ... List of small modular reactor ...
Nuclear technology – involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and nuclear weapons. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.
The reactor buildings of Bradwell magnox nuclear power station. The magnox reactors were considered at the time to have a considerable degree of inherent safety because of their simple design, low power density, and gas coolant. Because of this they were not provided with secondary containment features. A safety design principle at the time was ...