mixed uranium plutonium oxide
1uranium 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… …
2Uranium carbide — IUPAC name Uranium carbide Identif …
3Uranium dioxide — Chembox new Name = Uranium dioxide ImageFile = UO2lattice.jpg IUPACName = Uranium dioxide Uranium(IV) oxide Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 1344 57 6 Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = UO2 MolarMass = 270 g/mol Solvent = other… …
4Plutonium — (pronEng|pluːˈtoʊniəm, symbol Pu, atomic number 94) is a rare radioactive, metallic chemical element. The most significant isotope of plutonium is 239Pu, with a half life of 24,100 years; this isotope is fissile and is used in most modern nuclear …
5Uranium-238 — Infobox isotope background =#fc6 text color = image caption = 10 gram sample alternate names = mass number =238 symbol =U num neutrons =146 num protons =92 abundance = 99.284% halflife = 4.46 billion years error halflife = decay product = Thorium …
6mixed oxide — noun Any mixture of the oxides of more than one metal, but especially the blend of plutonium and uranium oxides that is used (as MOX fuel) in nuclear reactors …
7Sodium-cooled fast reactor — The Sodium cooled fast reactor or SFR is a Generation IV reactor project to design an advanced fast neutron reactor.It builds on two closely related existing projects, the LMFBR and the Integral Fast Reactor, with the objective of producing a… …
8Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant — The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria, England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd (which is the site licensee company).… …
9European Pressurized Reactor — The EPR (or US EPR for the United States specific design) is a third generation pressurized water reactor (PWR) design. It has been designed and developed mainly by Framatome (now Areva NP) and Electricité de France (EDF) in France, and Siemens… …
10Hinkley Point C nuclear power station — Infobox UK power station static static image caption=The headland at Hinkley Point with the current power stations visible in the background os grid reference=ST211460 latitude=51.209 longitude= 3.127 country=England region=South West England… …
