Online refuelling — In nuclear power technology, online refuelling is a technique for changing the fuel of a nuclear reactor while the pile is critical. Online refuelling has been provided for three main reasons: To allow low burnup fuel to be extracted for the… … Wikipedia
Advanced gas-cooled reactor — An advanced gas cooled reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor. These are the second generation of British gas cooled reactors, using graphite as the neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant. The AGR was developed from the Magnox… … Wikipedia
CANDU reactor — The CANDU reactor is a Canadian invented, pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario (now known… … Wikipedia
Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… … Wikipedia
Fast breeder reactor — The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor (FBR) is a fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more fissile material than it consumes. The FBR is one possible type of breeder reactor. The reactors are used in nuclear power plants to … Wikipedia
Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States — According to a 2010 survey of energy accidents, there have been at least 56 accidents near nuclear reactors in the United States (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage). The… … Wikipedia
Pressurised heavy water reactor — A pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear power reactor, commonly using unenriched natural uranium as its fuel, that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and moderator. The heavy water coolant is kept under pressure… … Wikipedia
Gas Cooled Reactor — A Gas Cooled Reactor (more commonly called a GCR) is a generation I nuclear reactor that uses graphite as a neutron moderator and carbon dioxide as coolant. Although there are many other types of reactor cooled by gas, the terms GCR and to a… … Wikipedia
NPD 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 … Wikipedia
Ultra High Temperature Reactor Experiment — Le Ultra High Temperature Reactor Experiment (UHTREX), littéralement « réacteur expérimental à ultra haute température », est un réacteur nucléaire expérimental américain, de type graphite gaz, développé dans les années 1960. Le but… … Wikipédia en Français
Markham & Co. — Markham Co. Ltd Industry Heavy Engineering Fate Taken over Predecessor J W Oliver Successor Davy Markham Founded 1889 (as Markham Co.) Defunct 1998 … Wikipedia
