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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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accidents involving fissile nuclear material or nuclear reactors. Military accidents are listed at List of military nuclear accidents. Civil radiation...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fusion power (redirect from Nuclear fusion reactor)
harness this energy are known as fusion reactors. Research into fusion reactors began in the 1940s, but as of 2024, no device has reached net power, although...
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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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Rosatom signed a memorandum of understanding on the use of nuclear energy. India has 20 reactors operating and 6 reactors under construction. India has...
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