nuclear reactors
Atomic power stations
Nuclear reactors are devices that sustain controlled nuclear fission to generate heat, which typically produces electricity.
The reactor core contains fuel rods of enriched uranium or plutonium, with control rods that absorb neutrons to regulate the chain reaction.
Reactors power submarines, aircraft carriers, and civilian power plants.
The nuclear reactor supplies electricity to three million homes.
A reactor meltdown occurs when cooling fails and the core overheats catastrophically.
- power plantsFacilities producing electricity
- control rodsNeutron-absorbing reactor components
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- fusion reactorsDevices combining atomic nuclei
- nuclear power plantsFission-based electricity generation facilities
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