Pool site — One or more spent fuel storage pools that has a single cask loading area. Each dry cask storage area is considered a separate site. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant — Infobox NPP Status = O Utility = Entergy Location = Vernon, VT Supplier = General Electric Type = BWR 4 Capacity = 620 generation = 4,703 for year = 2007 av annual gen = 4,436 Start = February 28, 1973 Expires = March 21, 2012 architect = Ebasco… … 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
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
Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… … Wikipedia
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