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  • Wax/Definition
    ...t, with a consistent, semi-solid texture, at room temperature, useful as a fuel, or a lubricant
    164 bytes (22 words) - 06:29, 14 March 2021
  • Natrium reactor
    {{Image|Natrium fuel.png|right|350px|Improved fuel rod design allows higher burnup.}} ...a [[Fast neutron reactor|Fast Neutron Reactor]] using uranium metal as the fuel and molten sodium as the coolant.<ref name=NatriumSite/> See [[Integral Fas
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  • Nuclear proliferation/Bibliography
    ...cycle where weapons-grade Pu-239 can be extracted from the partially used fuel. ThorCon has a good discussion of these risks and their safeguards to count ...12, ''Nature'' volume 492, pages 31–33. Some thorium reactors with on-site fuel processing may be vulnerable to skimming of a small fraction of U-233 from
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  • Supercruise/Definition
    ...flight without requiring an engine [[afterburner]] and its extremely high fuel consumption
    179 bytes (24 words) - 10:36, 12 September 2009
  • Volumetric explosives/Definition
    Class of explosives using external air oxidizer, including [[fuel-air explosives]] and [[thermobaric explosives]]
    149 bytes (16 words) - 06:48, 7 March 2011
  • Ullage engine/Definition
    One or more small rocket engines that ensure that a coasting liquid-fuel rocket engine has enough acceleration for propellants to feed properly into
    217 bytes (31 words) - 20:18, 25 March 2010
  • Fireplace
    ...built into the walls of rooms within buildings, where it was safe to burn fuel, like [[wood]], [[peat]] or [[coal]]. Stone or brick were used for the fir ...ce because they gave greater control over how much air was supplied to the fuel. Much of the heat from a traditional fireplace was wasted, as it was carri
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  • Very high temperature reactor
    '''Operating cost per KWh (including fuel and maintenance):'''<br/> '''Initial fuel load:'''<br/>
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  • Flue gas
    ...n an industrial [[furnace]] or [[boiler]], a steam generator in a [[fossil fuel]] [[power plant]] or other combustion sources. ...as well as a wet basis) that are generated by burning a typical fuel gas, fuel oil or coal. The flue gas amounts were obtained by [[stoichiometry|stoichio
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  • Gearing-class/Definition
    ...[[Allen M. Sumner-class]] destroyers, lengthening the hull to provide more fuel storage and thus endurance, and improved masts for more [[radar]] antennas
    225 bytes (33 words) - 17:40, 20 June 2009
  • Integral Fast Reactor/Bibliography
    ...ut Nuclear Waste''], [[Cleo Abram]], 2023, YouTube Video, Argonne Lab, IFR fuel cycle.
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  • Steel/Related Articles
    {{r|PIE (nuclear fuel)}} {{r|Spent nuclear fuel}}
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  • Fossil fuel
    ...tructive to the environment, burning them [[Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion|severely pollutes the atmosphere]], and supplies of them are not * [[petroleum crude oil]] and its derivatives [[fuel oil]] and [[gasoline]]
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  • Flue gas desulfurization/Definition
    ...from the [[flue gas]]es resulting from the [[combustion]] of [[coal]] or [[fuel oil]] in power plant steam generators or other large combustion sources.
    235 bytes (33 words) - 13:43, 19 June 2008
  • Spent nuclear fuel/Definition
    Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power p
    206 bytes (33 words) - 04:36, 29 April 2009
  • Hydrofoil
    Hydrofoil vessels consume a great deal of fuel. ...en use as high-speed ferries and as patrol craft -- roles where their high fuel consumption has not as significant.
    939 bytes (140 words) - 23:56, 27 October 2013
  • Retrorocket
    ...ellant]]s or [[hypergolic]] propellants for mechanical simplicity. [[Solid fuel rocket]]s, however, are widely used when the braking requirements are well
    939 bytes (146 words) - 12:41, 1 March 2009
  • Agricultural crops/Definition
    ...wn in significant quantities to be harvested as food, as livestock fodder, fuel, or for any other economic purpose.
    214 bytes (32 words) - 01:20, 12 September 2009
  • Hydrocracking/Definition
    ...ls to more valuable lower-boiling products such as gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel and diesel oil.
    281 bytes (36 words) - 23:05, 9 April 2010
  • Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion/Definition
    ...[[flue gas]] (exhaust gas) generated by the [[combustion]] of [[coal]], [[fuel oil]] and [[natural gas]].
    194 bytes (26 words) - 13:59, 19 June 2008
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