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A [[nuclear reactor]] that uses regular water, called light water because its [[hydrogen]] nucl

A [[nuclear reactor]] that uses [[heavy water]] which has [[hydrogen]] nuclei that are H-2, as

...es approximately 5 percent of the nuclear fuel of a conventional 1,000 MWe nuclear reactor.<br>

a [[nuclear reactor]] in which the fission [[Chain reaction/Definition|chain reaction]] is sust

A '''reactor moderator''' controls the flow of [[neutron]]s in a [[nuclear reactor]], often in the form of control rods which increase nuclear fission when wi

*"Metallurgical Laboratory" at the [[University of Chicago]], the first [[nuclear reactor]]

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A '''nuclear reactor''' is vessel in which controlled [[nuclear reaction]]s take place within on ...tor. There are also other means used for controlling the power level of a nuclear reactor.

...extraction of fissile [[plutonium]] (Pu-239) from irradiated [[uranium]] [[nuclear reactor]] fuel. The US forged the way on both paths during its [[World War II]] [[M

...essentially a solid inside a ''reactor core'' which is inside the ship's [[nuclear reactor]]. Once a reactor core has gone critical, meaning it has been used during

[https://whatisnuclear.com/reactors.html ''What is a nuclear reactor?''] By Dr. Nick Touran, Ph.D., P.E., accessed 9-May-2023:

...akingnews.com/2008/10/protest-against-nuclear-recator.html Protest against nuclear reactor] ''Chicago Tribune'', October 16, 2008.</ref><ref name="indymedia.org.uk">[

...raised and the criteria that have been established for evaluating the many nuclear reactor designs that are now being proposed as solutions to the global warming prob

...x|Fig.1 Radioactivity over time of each major isotope in spent fuel from a nuclear reactor <ref>https://blogs.egu.eu/network/geosphere/2015/02/02/geopoll-what-should-

...'''spent nuclear fuel''') is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a [[nuclear reactor]] (usually at a [[nuclear power plant]]) to the point that it is no longer

...lear energy]] industry, including regulation of research and development [[nuclear reactor|reactors]] and nuclear regulatory research.

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...number of applications, since NAA historically has needed a non-portable [[nuclear reactor]].

* [[Enrico Fermi]], who constructed the first artificial [[nuclear reactor]]

...r the [[Covid 19]] virus, and suggested measures to store the waste from [[Nuclear reactor]]s.<ref name=cbc2020-04-20/><ref name=ChronicleJournal2022-09/>