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61Nuclear reactor technology — This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power .A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a… …
62Isotopes of plutonium — Plutonium (Pu) has no stable isotopes. A standard atomic mass cannot be given.Decay modesTwenty plutonium radioisotopes have been characterized. The most stable are Pu 244, with a half life of 80.8 million years, Pu 242, with a half life of… …
63Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio …
64CANDU reactor — The CANDU reactor is a Canadian invented, pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario (now known… …
65nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …
66Curium — This article is about the chemical element. For the ancient city located in Cyprus, see Kourion. americium ← curium → berkelium …
67Thorium fuel cycle — The thorium fuel cycle is a nuclear fuel cycle that uses thorium 232 as fertile material and uranium 233 as fissile fuel. A major advantage of the thorium fuel cycle is that production of plutonium and other long lived actinides as radioactive… …
68Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor — For other uses, see Opal (disambiguation). Science with Neutrons Foundations Neutron temperature Flux  …
69Soft error — In electronics and computing, an error is a signal or datum which is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either to be a mistake in design or construction, or a broken component. A soft error is also a signal or datum which …
70Ford Nuclear Reactor — The Ford Nuclear Reactor was a facility at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor dedicated to investigating the peaceful uses of atomic energy. It was a part of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, a living memorial created to honor the… …
