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31S1W reactor — The S1W reactor was the first prototype naval reactor used by the United States Navy to prove that the technology could be used for electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S1W designation stands for:* S = Submarine platform * 1 =… …
32Naval Reactors Facility — Das Idaho National Laboratory (INL) – heute auch Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) – ist eine US Forschungseinrichtung des Department of Energy (Energieministerium). Auf dem etwa 30 km nordwestlich von Idaho Falls,… …
33S5W reactor — The S5W reactor is a nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S5W designation stands for:* S = Submarine platform * 5 = Fifth generation core designed by the contractor * W …
34International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility — The International Fusion Material Irradiation Facility, also known as IFMIF, is an international scientific research program designed to test materials for suitability for use in a fusion reactor. The IFMIF, planned by Japan, the European Union,… …
35Naval Reactors Facility — (NRF) is located 52 miles northwest of Idaho Falls. The NRF is a United States Department of Energy Naval Reactors facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes A1W, S1W and S5G were located. It is contractor operated for the government by… …
36La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor — (LACBWR) is a decommissioned Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear power plant located near La Crosse, Wisconsin in the small village of Genoa, Wisconsin, in Vernon County, Wisconsin, approximately 17 miles south of La Crosse along the Mississippi… …
37Nuclear 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… …
38Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… …
39Fast breeder reactor — The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes. The FBR is one possible type of breeder reactor. The reactors are used in nuclear power plants to …
40Nuclear reactor physics — See also: Critical mass Nuclear reactor physics is the branch of science that deals with the study and application of chain reaction to induce controlled rate of fission for energy in reactors. Most nuclear reactors use a chain reaction to induce …
