fission reactor
Nuclear power source
A fission reactor is a device that sustains controlled nuclear fission—the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei—to generate heat, typically for electricity production.
The chain reaction is moderated to prevent runaway energy release.
Most nuclear power plants use fission reactors, with uranium or plutonium as fuel: The submarine is powered by a fission reactor.
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- radiation monitoringTracking radioactive emission levels
- coreCentral essential portion
- electricity gridNetwork distributing electrical current
- heatTransferred thermal energy
nuclear waste · pressure vessel · cooling tower · critical mass · isotope · power plant · atomic age · control rods · emergency shutdown · glow · nuclear decay · moderator · shield · thermal pollution · spent fuel · hum · coolant system · steam turbine
- Nuclear SitesHiroshima, Chernobyl, Nagasaki, Fukushima, Three Mile Island
- nuclear physicsnuclear energy, neutron, proton, nuclear fusion, nuclear decay
- nuclear technologycontrol rod, control rods, fuel rod, fuel rods, nuclear safety
- reactorsbioreactor, PWR, MSR, microreactor, boiling water
- Nuclear VesselsUSS Nautilus, USS Nimitz, USS Enterprise, nuclear submarine, Lenin
- Physics Devicesaccelerometer, ammeter, barometer, calorimeter, gyroscope
fission reactorfusion reactor
Machine combining atomic nuclei
thermonuclear reactor · tokamak · sun · star
fission reactorhydroelectric dam
Water-powered generating station
geothermal plant · wind farm · natural gas plant · wind turbine · solar farm
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