water-cooled and water-moderated nuclear reactor
1Nuclear 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… …
2Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …
3nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
4Nuclear 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 …
5Nuclear reactor core — Example of the core of a nuclear power plant, a VVER design. A nuclear reactor core is the portion of a nuclear reactor containing the nuclear fuel components where the nuclear reactions take place. Contents …
6Clean And Environmentally Safe Advanced Reactor — Disputed Science: CAESAR nuclear reactor Disciplines: Nuclear engineering; Nuclear technology; Nuclear physics Core Tenets: Self sustained fissioning of Uranium 238 can be accomplished via steam moderated neutrons Year Proposed: 1998 Original… …
7McMaster Nuclear Reactor — Above: Construction of the reactor in 1957, completed in 1959. Below: Reactor in 2004. Country Canada Location Hamilton, Ontario Coordin …
8Heavy Water Components Test Reactor — (HWCTR) was an experimental nuclear reactor at the Savannah River Site in Aiken County, South Carolina. It was commonly called Hector. It was constructed starting in 1958 in a temporary construction area, which is now called B Area. This is near… …
9Nuclear fuel — Process …
10nuclear engineering — Introduction the field of engineering that deals with the control and use of energy and radiation released from nuclear reactions. It encompasses the development, design, and construction of power reactors, naval propulsion reactors,… …
