The effects of a nuclear explosion on its immediate vicinity are typically much more destructive and multifaceted than those caused by conventional explosives...
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Chernobyl disaster (redirect from Nuclear accident in Chornobyl)
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, near the Belarus border in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuclear energy...
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water to nuclear-caused fires. The report considered attempting to stop the spread of fires by creating firebreaks by blasting combustible material out...
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the nuclear power industry that are active along the nuclear chain, from uranium mining, processing and enrichment, to the actual operating of nuclear power...
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2018. "La Marina de Brasil avanza en el desarrollo y producción de combustible nuclear". Zona Militar (in Spanish). 6 January 2022. "IAEA Director General's...
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vibrated. About nine o'clock in the morning of 30 May 1626, an explosion of combustibles at the Wanggongchang Armory in Ming-era Beijing, China, destroyed almost...
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FBFC (Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible, French-Belgian fabrication of fuel) is a nuclear fuel producing company. From 1977 onwards its headquarters...
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with an easily combustible material and then igniting it to produce explosive force. These weapons are the most powerful non-nuclear weapons in existence...
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shelter, Dr. A. Broido suggests putting the intake vent as far from combustible materials as possible. The importance of water to basic survival is discussed...
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permanent sealing material. The temporary sealing material was highly combustible, and caught fire. Efforts were made by the workers to extinguish the...
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Center in São Paulo (CTMSP) Argentina Bariloche Atomic Center (CAB) Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos (Conuar) Constituyentes Atomic Center (CAC) Ezeiza Atomic...
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signe un accord inédit avec Framatome pour s'affranchir du combustible russe". World Nuclear News. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023. "Bulgaria...
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Banco de la Nación Argentina Banco Hipotecario Casa de la Moneda Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos CONUARSA Compañía Nacional del Mercado Mayorista de Electricidad...
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notable military accidents involving nuclear material. Civilian accidents are listed at List of civilian nuclear accidents. For a general discussion of...
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This page describes how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions, such...
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history of France's civil nuclear program traces the evolution that led France to become the world's second largest producer of nuclear-generated electricity...
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Ionizing radiation (redirect from Nuclear radiation)
Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
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Santa Susana Field Laboratory (redirect from Rocketdyne / Santa Susana Field Laboratory nuclear accident)
one-third of its fuel. A radioactive fire occurred in 1971, involving combustible primary reactor coolant (NaK) contaminated with mixed fission products...
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degradation over short time spans. In contrast, some materials are merely combustible or flammable if they burn without exploding. The distinction, however...
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Dessel (section Nuclear industries)
decommissioned in the future. Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (FBFC) making nuclear fuel assemblies; The Dessel site was selected in June 2006...
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Rocky Flats Plant (redirect from Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant)
of the gloveboxes used to handle radioactive materials, igniting the combustible rubber gloves and plexiglas windows of the box. Metallic plutonium is...
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Energy in the United States (section Nuclear)
from petroleum, 36% from natural gas, and 9% from coal. Electricity from nuclear power supplied 9% and renewable energy supplied 9%, which includes biomass...
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organic (and some inorganic) material. It should not be stored near combustible substances. While ammonium nitrate is stable at ambient temperature and...
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Elisabeth (September 28, 2023). "Attention-Seekers and Autocrats Are a Combustible Mix". Foreign Policy. Retrieved October 19, 2023. "Maxay yihiin waxa...
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The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire...
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la empresa Lockheed Nuclear Products de EEUU y Uruguay estuvo sometido a las salvaguardias del OIEA, hasta que se fue el combustible del mismo, luego de...
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Duck and cover (category Nuclear warfare)
of a nuclear explosion. Ducking and covering is useful in offering a degree of protection to personnel located outside the radius of the nuclear fireball...
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Energy in Algeria (redirect from Nuclear energy in Algeria)
In 2021, Algeria contributed 0.4% to the global CO2 emissions from combustible fuels, based on data focused solely on emissions from fuel combustion...
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is then powered by a passive energy source like compressed air, or a combustible non-polluting gas like hydrogen. The above engines can be used in all...
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