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...urce, preferably a [[#Neutron generation from nuclear reactors|appropriate nuclear reactor]], detectors for [[gamma ray]]s emitted by the target, and an extensive dat In [[nuclear reactor]]s for power and research, neutron generation steadily increases as more an

...sed widely in industry and medicine, but is also a common contaminant from nuclear reactor accidents.

While [[nuclear reactor]]s are the least portable source of neutrons, they also can be the most pow

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...harnessed, the [[isotope]]s that drove the energy producing reactions in [[nuclear reactor]]s and [[atomic bomb]]s were also referred to as fuels.

...y [[Robert Hargraves/Definition|Robert Hargraves]], a founder of [[ThorCon nuclear reactor|ThorCon]].<ref name=Hargraves/>

...people are saying around the web about these questions, see the [[ThorCon nuclear reactor/Debate Guide|Debate Guide]] tab for this article. ...eders like the [https://citizendium.org/wiki/FC-MSR_nuclear_reactor FC-MSR Nuclear Reactor] do require an initial load of enriched fissile material to "light the fire

...1-1954) was an Italian-born nuclear physicist and designer of the first [[nuclear reactor]]. ...ct]], the US atomic-bomb program. Fermi led the construction of the first nuclear reactor, which went critical on 2 December, demonstrating the chain reaction and th

[[Nuclear power plant]]s that use [[nuclear reactor]]s to create electricity could provide the abundant, zero-carbon, dispatcha ...x|Fig.4 Radioactivity over time of each major nuclide in spent fuel from a nuclear reactor. The dangerous nuclides decay quickly. Most longer-lived nuclides are less

*Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft.

...mous amounts of energy, which makes the 235 isotope suitable as fuel for [[nuclear reactor]]s and as explosive in nuclear weapons.

...3.82-minute half-life. Indeed, nearly all of the cesium-137 generated in a nuclear reactor is produced through xenon-137 decay rather than directly by fission. ... :“We studied the most prominent 'advanced' nuclear reactor designs. Unfortunately, few are safer or more secure than current generatio

...industry will require vast amounts of process heat, either directly from a nuclear reactor, or using hydrogen as an intermediary. High-temperature reactors are still

...ns of mass destruction]] threats, such as the [[Raid on Osirak]], an Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction.

...''fast-spectrum reactor'' or simply a ''fast reactor'', is a category of [[nuclear reactor]] in which the fission [[nuclear chain reaction|chain reaction]] is sustain ...(around 12–18 months of stable operation in water moderated reactors), the nuclear reactor can no longer sustain the fission process, and the reactor has to be refuel

They are the only known examples of the [[CONAS]] system, in which the nuclear reactor is backed up by a fossil-fueled steam producer for the turbines.

...e hydrogen directly from water using abundant high-temperature heat from a nuclear reactor. See Fig.X

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...ed to as a desolate wasteland by opponents. Chernobyl, the only ‘civilian’ nuclear reactor disaster ever to result in radiation deaths (probably less than 100 based o

...estion is in a special channel which is in a toroidal nuclear reactor. The nuclear reactor is used as a ''driver core'' to irradiate the test fuel. While the reactor