carbon dioxide — Synonyms and related words: Dry Ice, Freon, acetylene, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, butane, carbon monoxide, chlorine, coal gas, coolant, ethane, ether, ethyl chloride, ethylene, fluorine, formaldehyde, freezing mixture, helium, hydrogen,… … Moby Thesaurus
Coolant — A coolant is a fluid which flows through a device to prevent its overheating, transferring the heat produced by the device to other devices that use or dissipate it. An ideal coolant has high thermal capacity, low viscosity, is low cost, non… … Wikipedia
Nuclear reactor coolant — Nuclear reactor coolants Coolant Melting point Boiling point Light water at 155 bar 345 °C Mercury 38.83 °C 356.73 °C NaK eutectic 11 °C 785 °C Sodium 97.72 °C 883 °C … Wikipedia
Entrained air in coolant fluids — Entrained Air/Dissolved Air(Foam) in Coolants other fluidsEntrained and dissolved air that are present in coolants (machine tool industry), oils (cutting tools hydraulics) andsolutions used in paper/pulp industries can cause various kinds of… … Wikipedia
Magnox — Schematic diagram of a Magnox nuclear reactor showing gas flow. Note that the heat exchanger is outside the concrete radiation shielding. This represents an early Magnox design with a cylindrical, steel, pressure vessel. For other uses of the… … Wikipedia
Lucens reactor — The Lucens reactor at Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland, was a nuclear reactor destroyed by a serious accident in 1969.In 1962 the construction of a Swiss designed pilot nuclear power plant began. The heavy water moderated, carbon dioxide cooled, reactor … 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
Latina Nuclear Power Plant — is a nuclear power plant at Latina, Italy.Consisting of one 153MWe Magnox reactor, it operated from 1963 until 1987.Construction started in 1958. First criticality in Dec 1962. First connection to the grid in May 1963. Commercial operation from… … Wikipedia
Oldbury Nuclear Power Station — Oldbury Nuclear Power Station … Wikipedia
Nitrogen — carbon ← nitrogen → oxygen ↑ N ↓ P … Wikipedia
nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them … Universalium