Nuclear Fission Reactor
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A Nuclear Fission Reactor is a power generator that ...
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- See: Plutonium, Nuclear Chain Reaction, Nuclear Power Plant, Electricity Generation, Nuclear Marine Propulsion, Nuclear Fission, Working Fluid, Steam Turbine, Propeller, Electrical Generator, District Heating, Isotope.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nuclear_reactor Retrieved:2020-5-23.
- A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid (water or gas), which in turn runs through steam turbines. These either drive a ship's propellers or turn electrical generators' shafts. Nuclear generated steam in principle can be used for industrial process heat or for district heating. Some reactors are used to produce isotopes for medical and industrial use, or for production of weapons-grade plutonium. As of early 2019, the IAEA reports there are 454 nuclear power reactors and 226 nuclear research reactors in operation around the world.