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  • 31Spent 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… …

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  • 32Clementine (nuclear reactor) — Clementine was the code name for the world s first fast neutron nuclear reactor. It was an experimental scale reactor. The maximum output was 25 kW and was fueled by plutonium and cooled by liquid mercury. Clementine was located at Los… …

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  • 33Lead cooled fast reactor — The lead cooled fast reactor is a nuclear power Generation IV reactor that features a fast neutron spectrum, molten lead or lead bismuth eutectic coolant, and a closed fuel cycle. Options include a range of plant ratings, including a number of 50 …

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  • 34Pool-type reactor — NC State s PULSTAR Reactor is a 1 MW pool type research reactor with 4% enriched, pin type fuel consisting of UO2 pellets in zircaloy cladding …

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  • 35High Flux Australian Reactor — (HIFAR) was Australia s first and only nuclear reactor. It was built at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (later ANSTO) Research Establishment at Lucas Heights.Based on the DIDO reactor at Harwell in the UK, HIFAR was cooled and moderated… …

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  • 36NPD reactor — The Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Reactor built 3 km east of Rolphton, Ontario supplied the Ontario power grid with the first nuclear generated electricity in Canada. The reactor was a joint project of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ontario …

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  • 37Nuclear Fuel Services — Inc. is an American company that has been a major supplier of fuel for the United States Navy s fleet of nuclear powered vessels since the 1960s. In recent years it has also processed weapons grade uranium into nuclear reactor fuel. It operates a …

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  • 38nuclear fuel — branduolinis kuras statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Medžiaga, kurioje vyksta branduolinės reakcijos ir atsipalaiduoja naudinga energija. atitikmenys: angl. nuclear fuel; reactor fuel rus. ядерное горючее …

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  • 39Canadian deuterium uranium reactor — (CANDU)   Uses heavy water or deuterium oxide (D2O), rather than light water (H2O), as the coolant and moderator. Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen that has a different neutron absorption spectrum from that of ordinary hydrogen. In a deuterium… …

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  • 40Nuclear 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… …

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