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81Occupation of the Channel Islands — As part of the Atlantic Wall, between 1940 and 1945 the occupying German forces and the Organisation Todt constructed fortifications round the coasts of the Channel Islands such as this observation tower at Les Landes, Jersey The Channel Islands… …
82Tokaimura nuclear accident — Japan s worst nuclear radiation accident took place at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Japan, on 30 September, 1999. The accident occurred in a very small fuel preparation plant operated by… …
83japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
84Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
85uranium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Uranium (U), although very dense (19.1 grams per cubic centimetre), is a relatively weak, nonrefractory metal. Indeed, the metallic properties of uranium appear to be… …
86vanadium processing — Introduction preparation of the metal for use in various products. Vanadium (V) is a grayish silver metal whose crystal structure is a body centred cubic (bcc) lattice, with a melting point of 1,926° C (3,499° F). The metal is used… …
87Nuclear fission product — Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus fissions. Typically, a large nucleus like that of uranium fissions by splitting into two smaller nuclei, along with a few neutrons and a large release of energy… …
88Control rod — PWR control rod assembly, above fuel element A control rod is a rod made of chemical elements capable of absorbing many neutrons without fissioning themselves. They are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of uranium and… …
89Energy amplifier — In nuclear physics, an energy amplifier is a novel type of nuclear power reactor, a subcritical reactor , in which an energetic particle beam is used to stimulate a reaction, which in turn releases enough energy to power the particle accelerator… …
90Pokhran-II — Operation Shakti Image of Shaft III named Shakti Information Country  India Test site Indian Army …
