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51Nuclear proliferation — World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color.   Five nuclear weapons states from the NPT …
52Nuclear weapons and the United States — United States Nuclear program start date 21 October 1939 First nuclear weapon test 16 July 1945 …
53Energy policy of Canada — Canada is the 5th largest producer of energy in the world, producing about 6% of global energy supplies. It is the world s largest producer of natural uranium, producing one third of global supply, and is also the world s leading producer of… …
54Nuclear power phase-out — A nuclear power plant at Grafenrheinfeld, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel s coalition announced on May 30, 2011, that Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations will be shut down by 2022, in a policy reversal following Japan s Fukushima Daiichi… …
55Nuclear reactor technology — This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power .A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a… …
56nuclear fusion — fusion (def. 4). [1895 1900] * * * Process by which nuclear reactions between light elements form heavier ones, releasing huge amounts of energy. In 1939 Hans Bethe suggested that the energy output of the sun and other stars is a result of fusion …
57Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… …
58Energy policy of Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan owns large reserves of energy resources, and therefore the energy policy of Kazakhstan has influence over the world s overall energy supply. Although Kazakhstan has not described itself as an energy superpower, Kazakhstan s president… …
59nuclear engineering — Introduction the field of engineering that deals with the control and use of energy and radiation released from nuclear reactions. It encompasses the development, design, and construction of power reactors, naval propulsion reactors,… …
60Energy policy of Australia — The Energy policy of Australia is subject to regulation and fiscal influence by all three levels of Government, however State and Federal energy policy deals with primary industries, such as coal. Australia is a major exporter and user of coal,… …
