this requires shutdown of the reactor
31Thermal power station — Republika Power Plant, a thermal power station in Pernik, Bulgaria …
32Technetium — molybdenum ← technetium → ruthenium Mn ↑ Tc ↓ Re …
33Nuclear power debate — For nuclear energy policies by nation, see Nuclear energy policy. For public protests about nuclear power, see Anti nuclear movement. Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to hydrogen explosions,… …
34Nuclear 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… …
35Heavy water — Not to be confused with hard water or tritiated water. Deuterium oxide IUPAC name …
36Operation Sandblast — Part of Cold War (1953–1962) …
37Control rod — PWR control rod assembly, above fuel element A control rod is a rod made of chemical elements capable of absorbing many neutrons without fissioning themselves. They are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of uranium and… …
38Nuclear proliferation — World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color.   Five nuclear weapons states from the NPT …
39Fallout shelter — A sign pointing to an old fallout shelter in New York City. Nuclear weapons …
40Nuclear reprocessing — technology was developed to chemically separate and recover fissionable plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel.[1] Reprocessing serves multiple purposes, whose relative importance has changed over time. Originally reprocessing was used solely to… …
