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11Nuclear safety in the United States — Nuclear safety in the U.S. is governed by federal regulations and continues to be studied by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The safety of nuclear plants and materials controlled by the U.S. government for research and weapons production …
12Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …
13Nuclear power plant — This article is about electricity generation from nuclear power. For the general topic of nuclear power, see Nuclear power. A nuclear power station. The nuclear reactor is contained inside the cylindrical containment buildings to the right left… …
14Nuclear safety — covers the actions taken to prevent nuclear and radiation accidents or to limit their consequences. This covers nuclear power plants as well as all other nuclear facilities, the transportation of nuclear materials, and the use and storage of… …
15Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant — Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, viewed from the roof of a building in Prypiat, Ukraine …
16List of civilian nuclear accidents — This article lists notable civilian accidents involving nuclear material. Military accidents are listed at List of military nuclear accidents. Civil radiation accidents not involving fissile material are listed at List of civilian radiation… …
17China Syndrome — For the 1979 film, see The China Syndrome. For The King of Queens episode, see China Syndrome (The King of Queens). Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. The term China syndrome (loss of coolant accident) describes a nuclear reactor operations… …
18Containment building — NRC drawing of containment building. A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, to contain the escape of radiation to a maximum… …
19International Nuclear Event Scale — The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) was introduced in 1990[1] by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents. The… …
20Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station — The Davis Besse NPP (NRC image) …
