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121Fossil fuel power plant — A fossil fuel power plant burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum (oil) to produce electricity.Fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the… …
122Ewa reactor — The Ewa Reactor was Poland s first research nuclear reactor. Its name is derived from the first letters of the Polish words: Eksperymentalny (Experimental), Wodny (Water), and Atomowy (Atomic) as a reference to the biblical Eve. HistoryIt was… …
123Dragon reactor — Dragon was a high temperature gas cooled reactor at Winfrith in England operated by UKAEA. Its purpose was to test fuel and materials for the European high temperature reactor programme, and was built and managed as an OECD/NEA international… …
124La 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… …
125Aircraft Reactor Experiment — The US Aircraft Reactor Experiment (ARE) was a 2.5 MW thermal nuclear reactor experiment designed to attain a high power density for use as an engine in a nuclear powered bomber. It led to the Heat Transfer Reactor Experiment, of which there were …
126Heavy water reactor — Heavy water reactors use heavy water as a neutron moderator. Heavy water is deuterium oxide, D2O. Neutrons in a nuclear reactor that uses uranium must be slowed down so that they are more likely to split other atoms and get more neutrons released …
127Sodium Reactor Experiment — Kernkraftwerk SRE im Jahr 1958 Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) bezeichnet das erste kommerzielle Kernkraftwerk der Vereinigten Staaten in der Geschichte der Kernenergie. Es war von 1957 bis 1964 in Betrieb und befand sich auf dem Gelände des… …
128Reinserted fuel — Irradiated fuel that is discharged in one cycle and inserted in the same reactor during a subsequent refueling. In a few cases, fuel discharged from one reactor has been used to fuel a different reactor. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy… …
