irradiated uranium
11Windscale fire — The Windscale Piles (centre and right) in 1985. The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain s history, ranked in severity at level 5 on the 7 point International Nuclear Event Scale.[1] The two piles had… …
12Corium (nuclear reactor) — LFCM redirects here. For the airport, see List of airports by ICAO code: L. The Three Mile Island reactor 2 after the meltdown. Corium, also called fuel containing material (FCM) or lava like fuel containing material (LFCM), is a lava like molten …
13Nuclear chemistry — is the subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. It is the chemistry of radioactive elements such as the actinides, radium and radon together with the chemistry associated with equipment (such as… …
14Cornelis Dirk Andriesse — Born December 21, 1939( …
15List of Eureka episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the American science fiction drama Eureka. In addition to the regularly televised episodes, there is a short webisode series called Hide and Seek , which is available on Syfy s Eureka homepage. The episodes …
16Global Dynamics — Global Dynamics, also known as the Eureka Advanced Research Facility, is a fictional organization on the American science fiction drama Eureka . Description Global Dynamics is described in the pilot as being responsible for the development of all …
17Plutonium hexafluoride — is the highest fluoride of plutonium, and is of interest for laser enrichment of plutonium, in particular for the production of pure plutonium 239 from irradiated uranium. This pure plutonium is needed to avoid premature ignition of low mass… …
18Neptunium — uranium ← neptunium → plutonium Pm ↑ Np ↓ (Uqt) …
19Chapelcross nuclear power station — Chapelcross nuclear power station, prior to demolition of the cooling towers Country Scotland Coordinates …
20thorium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Thorium (Th) is a dense (11.7 grams per cubic centimetre), silvery metal that is softer than steel. It has a high melting temperature of approximately 1,750° C (3,180°… …
