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101Spent nuclear fuel — Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. Nuclear… …
102Environmental radioactivity — is produced by radioactive materials in the human environment. While some radioisotopes, such as strontium 90 (90Sr) and technetium 99 (99Tc), are only found on Earth as a result of human activity, and some, like potassium 40 (40K), are only… …
103Neutron moderator — Currently operating nuclear power reactors by moderator Moderator Reactors Design Country none (fast) 1 BN 600 Russia (1) graphite 29 AGR, Magnox, RBMK United Kingdom (18), Russia (11) heavy water 29 CANDU …
104Nuclear power debate — For nuclear energy policies by nation, see Nuclear energy policy. For public protests about nuclear power, see Anti nuclear movement. Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to hydrogen explosions,… …
105Osirak — Osirak, also spelled Osiraq, (French: Osirak; Iraqi: Tammuz 1), was a 40 MW light water nuclear materials testing reactor (MTR) in Iraq. It was constructed by the Iraqi government at the Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center, 18 km (11 miles) south …
106Operation Opera — For the Yugoslav Wars operation, see Operation Opera Orientalis. Babylon Part of Arab–Israeli Conflict Map of the attack …
107Sellafield — 54° 25′ 14″ N 3° 29′ 51″ W / 54.4205, 3.4975 …
108Windscale — Sellafield Le site de Sellafield donne sur la mer Le site de Sellafield est le principal complexe de la filière électronucléaire britannique. Initialement nommé Windscale, il a été rebaptisé Sellafield à la suite d un grave accident dans l un de… …
109List of companies in the nuclear sector — Here is a list of all large companies which are active along the nuclear chain, from uranium mining, processing and enrichment, to the actual operating of nuclear power plant and waste processing. Company name Country of origin Category Brief… …
110Nuclear weapon — A bomb redirects here. For other uses, see A bomb (disambiguation). The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 …
