plutonium-uranium reactor
41Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — 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… …
42Reprocessed uranium — (RepU) is the uranium recovered from nuclear reprocessing, as done commercially in France, the UK and Japan and by nuclear weapons states military plutonium production programs. This uranium actually makes up the bulk of the material separated… …
43B Reactor — Infobox nrhp name = Hanford B Reactor nrhp type = nhl |right|250px|thumb caption = Hanford Site in 1945. B Reactor is the building just to the right of the water tower. location = Near jct. of WA 24 and WA 240, Hanford Site nearest city =… …
44Pebble bed modular reactor — (Pty) Ltd Type Engineering Industry Nuclear Founded 1994 Headquarters Centurion, Gauteng, South …
45Nuclear reactor coolant — Nuclear reactor coolants Coolant Melting point Boiling point Light water at 155 bar 345 °C Mercury 38.83 °C 356.73 °C NaK eutectic 11 °C 785 °C Sodium 97.72 °C 883 °C …
46Khushab Reactor — is located at Khushab, Punjab, Pakistan.The 50 MWt, heavy water and natural uranium research reactor at Khushab is a central element of Pakistan s program for production of plutonium and tritium for advanced compact warheads. The Khushab facility …
47power reactor — Synonyms and related words: atomic pile, breeder reactor, bricks, chain reactor, chain reacting pile, fast pile, furnace, heterogeneous reactor, homogeneous reactor, intermediate pile, lattice, neutron factory, nuclear furnace, pile, plutonium… …
48nuclear reactor — uclear reactor n. (phys.) Any of several devices that maintain and control a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, for the production of energy, heat, or artificial elements, or for research purposes. The main fuel sustaining the reaction and …
49Isotopes of plutonium — Plutonium (Pu) has no stable isotopes. A standard atomic mass cannot be given.Decay modesTwenty plutonium radioisotopes have been characterized. The most stable are Pu 244, with a half life of 80.8 million years, Pu 242, with a half life of… …
50Isotopes of uranium — Uranium (U) is a naturally occurring element with no stable isotopes. In other words, all uranium is radioactive and hence vanishing by radioactive decay, yet it is also found in great quantity in the earth s crust. The natural isotopes are… …
