• annotated list of all the nuclear fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were...
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  • capacity of 68 GW and 90 GW, respectively, while 343 more reactors are proposed. For non-power reactors, see List of nuclear research reactors. For fuel...
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  • of nuclear power stations List of nuclear research reactors List of nuclear submarines – nuclear-powered submarines with nuclear reactors List of sunken...
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    A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity...
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    Research reactors are nuclear fission-based nuclear reactors that serve primarily as a neutron source. They are also called non-power reactors, in contrast...
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    include: generation IV, thermal-neutron reactors, fast-neutron reactors, molten salt, and gas-cooled reactor models. Commercial SMRs have been designed...
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    A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a nuclear reactor existing in...
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    The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located...
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  • operating Canadian nuclear reactors are a type of pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) of domestic design, the CANDU reactor. CANDU reactors have been exported...
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    1999 and 2022, the number of operational thorium reactors in the world has risen from zero to a handful of research reactors, to commercial plans for producing...
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  • Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV International...
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    rate of fission in a nuclear reactor for the production of energy. Most nuclear reactors use a chain reaction to induce a controlled rate of nuclear fission...
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  • has 23 nuclear reactors in operation in 8 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 8,180 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 48 TWh...
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    feature of civilian nuclear reactors. Much of the research in civilian nuclear reactors is for designs with passive nuclear safety features that may be...
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    1⁄2 of the core. Many research reactors (particularly university reactors) go decades without refueling due to the high energy density of nuclear fuel...
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    operates a single research reactor, Maria. It has no operational nuclear reactors for power production, but is to start construction of a plant with three...
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    Nuclear Propulsion Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory List of United States Naval reactors Naval Reactors Nuclear navy Nuclear-powered aircraft Nuclear Power...
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    solid form of fissile elements is used as fuel. Thermal-neutron reactors are the most common type of nuclear reactor, and light-water reactors are the most...
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    nuclear reactors and a significant learning phase followed with many early partial core meltdowns and accidents at experimental reactors and research...
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  • accidents involving fissile nuclear material or nuclear reactors. Military accidents are listed at List of military nuclear accidents. Civil radiation...
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    train nuclear-qualified sailors for many years afterwards. For example, the A1W prototype at Naval Reactors Facility led to development of A2W reactors used...
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  • FRJ-II at Jülich Research Centre (Germany), first criticality 1962. HIFAR was the last to shut down, in 2007. List of nuclear reactors https://inis.iaea...
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    all reactors had been shut down temporarily. As of November 2024[update], of the 54 nuclear reactors in Japan, there were 33 operable reactors but only...
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    TRIGA (redirect from TRIGA reactor)
    output of 64 MWth / 16 MWe. List of commercial nuclear reactors List of nuclear research reactors Hydrogen-moderated self-regulating nuclear power module...
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    Neutron Reactors | FBR - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. "Fast Neutron Reactors | FBR - World Nuclear Association". world-nuclear.org....
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    first-generation nuclear reactors. A nuclear power plant cannot explode like a nuclear weapon because the fuel for uranium reactors is not enriched enough...
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    many as thirty nuclear power reactors in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative by 2030. By mid-century fast neutron reactors are seen as the...
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    United States, nuclear power is provided by 94 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 97 gigawatts (GW), with 63 pressurized water reactors and 31 boiling...
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    A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These reactors can be fueled with more-commonly available...
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  • end of the decade. List of nuclear reactors List of United States Naval reactors List of Soviet Naval reactors List of Russian small nuclear reactors "IAEA...
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