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71Nuclear technology — A residential smoke detector is the most familiar piece of nuclear technology for some people Nuclear technology is technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei. Among the notable nuclear technologies are nuclear power, nuclear… …
72Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I — Map showing NRC regions The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I is one of the regions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, oversees the north eastern United States. Region I consists of 17… …
73Nuclear chain reaction — A possible nuclear fission chain reaction. 1. A uranium 235 atom absorbs a neutron, and fissions into two new atoms (fission fragments), releasing three new neutrons and a large amount of binding energy. 2. One of those neutrons is absorbed by an …
74Nuclear reactor physics — See also: Critical mass Nuclear reactor physics is the branch of science that deals with the study and application of chain reaction to induce controlled rate of fission for energy in reactors. Most nuclear reactors use a chain reaction to induce …
75Nuclear and radiation accidents by country — The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the worst nuclear accident in 25 years, displaced 50,000 households after radiation leaked into the air, soil and sea.[1] This is a List of nuclear and radiation accidents by country. This list only… …
76Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll — Main article: Nuclear and radiation accidents There have been more than 20 nuclear and radiation accidents involving fatalities. These involved nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear submarine accidents, radiotherapy accidents, and other mishaps …
77Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …
78Nuclear arms race — United States and USSR/Russia nuclear stockpiles Nuclear weapons …
79Steam — In physical chemistry, and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. It is a pure, completely invisible gas (for mist see below). At standard temperature and pressure, pure steam (unmixed with air, but in equilibrium with liquid water)… …
80Steam generator — A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. It may refer to:*Boiler (steam generator), a closed vessel in which water is heated under pressure *Steam generator (nuclear power), a heat exchanger in a pressurized water reactor …
