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...The place can be an [[Atomic bomb|atomic (nuclear) bomb]], the core of a [[nuclear reactor]], or some other place where fissile material is stored or processed.

A nuclear reactor using [[helium]] gas as a coolant, that might provide process heat for prod

A '''very high temperature reactor''' is a nuclear reactor using helium gas as a coolant, that might provide process heat for producti

...ch absorbs [[neutron]]s, and is used to control the rate of fission in a [[nuclear reactor]]

*[[ThorCon nuclear reactor]] a sealed system never opened on site.

A city near the [[Chernobyl]] nuclear reactor site in the [[Ukraine]]; abandoned after the 1986 [[Chernobyl Disaster]].

...Containment vessel]], an extremely strong outside building surrounding a [[nuclear reactor]]

...ips. There are several types of nuclear plants depending on the type of [[nuclear reactor]] used. Currently, the two most common types are [[pressurized water react ...In 1951 in Idaho, [[Experimental Breeder Reactor 1]] (EBR-1) was the first nuclear reactor to produce electricity. Development of nuclear power plants for Naval ship

...Mile Island''' is shorthand for a partial [[meltdown]] that occurred at [[nuclear reactor|reactor]] 2 of the [[Three Mile Island (power plant)|Three Mile Island nucl

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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...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

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.

...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/>

...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.

...D program is not convincing. Nevertheless, the Israeli attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak, and the still not-fully-understood attack on a possible weapons

...ain materials could go into a reactor, but it would take inspection of the nuclear reactor to determine if the use was peaceful. Some components, such as the [[krytro

...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

'''[[ThorCon nuclear reactor|ThorCon MSR]]:'''<br>

...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