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...unding air to remove the negligible thermal power output. There is ongoing research into using [[supercritical fluid]]s as reactor coolants but thus far neithe ...ore, the heat generated per volume unit is proportional to the fraction of nuclear [[Fissile material|fissionable fuel]] burned in the unit of time: ...

{{Short description|Type of nuclear fission reactor}} ...ctly using [[depleted uranium]], [[natural uranium]], [[thorium]], [[spent nuclear fuel|spent fuel]] removed from [[light water reactor]]s, or some combinatio ...

...physicist]], a prominent researcher of [[cosmic rays]], built the first [[nuclear reactor]]s in the [[USSR]], founder of [[Institute for Theoretical and Expe ...cist who served as the first director of the [[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research]] ...

{{Short description|Type of nuclear thermal rocket}} {{distinguish|Nuclear pulse propulsion}} ...

...uclides in many different types of samples.<ref>Krane, K.S. ''Introductory Nuclear Physics'', 1988, John Wiley & Sons, 3-4.</ref> ...gamma </math><ref>Loveland, W., Morrissey, D. J., Seaborg, G. T., ''Modern Nuclear Chemistry'', 2006, John Wiley & Sons, 221.</ref> ...

| fields = {{Hlist|Nuclear Physics|Particle Physics|Diamond Physics|Quantum Physics|Engineering Physic ...h Association Medal (Silver), <math>S_2A_3</math> (1994)<br>Innovation and Research, [[NSTF]] (2022) ...

{{short description|Space exploration using nuclear energy}} [[File:Kiwi A fire-up.jpg|thumb|The [[Project Rover#Kiwi A|Kiwi-A Prime]] nuclear thermal rocket engine 1960 test at [[Jackass Flats]], Nevada.]] ...

...those components exposed to the [[plasma (physics)|plasma]] within which [[nuclear fusion]] occurs, and particularly the material used for the lining the '''f # Limited number of negative [[nuclear transmutation]] effects ...

...d magnetic [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] confinement to support controlled [[nuclear fusion]] experiments. Specifically, STX pioneered the possibility of formin ...}}</ref> This concept is similar to the [[Direct Fusion Drive]], a current research project to create a fusion rocket from an RMF-driven FRC fusion reactor. ...

...coolant. Current two-component, two-phase cooling systems such as nuclear reactors, control the cooling rate by optimizing solely the coolant type, flow rate, ...is size are in fact present in industrial cooling systems, such as nuclear reactors. ...

...Bernard |title=Recycling the Actinides, The Cornerstone of Any Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycles |journal=Procedia Chemistry |date=2012 |volume=7 |pages=349–357 == Managing spent nuclear fuel == ...

The revival in FFA research has been particularly strong in Japan with the construction of several ring .../ref> That fall, the prototype was moved to the [[Midwestern Universities Research Association]] (MURA) lab at [[University of Wisconsin]], where it was conve ...

...ear reactor]]s. If it is enriched to 90% uranium-235, it can be used for [[nuclear weapon]]s. ...stics of the Gas Centrifuge for Uranium Enrichment and Their Relevance for Nuclear Weapon Proliferation |journal=Science & Global Security |language=en |volum ...

...obile production system based on a portable heat source (a [[nuclear power|nuclear reactor]] was considered) was being investigated with utmost interest. ...by numerous practical issues (insufficient temperatures from even nuclear reactors, slow reactivities, reactor corrosion, significant losses of intermediate c ...

...uce|title=Residence Time Theory|journal=Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research|date=May 2008|volume=47|issue=10|pages=3752–3766|doi=10.1021/ie071635a}}</r ...l]] introduced high in the [[stratosphere]] by a [[Nuclear weapons testing|nuclear bomb test]] and filtering down to the [[troposphere]]. ...

...rust and mantle as well as manmade reactor-v̄_e emitted by power reactors worldwide.]] ...ectromagnetic properties and interact only via the [[Weak interaction|weak nuclear force]] when ignoring [[gravity]]. [[Matter]] is virtually transparent to n ...

...ted whether spherical tokamaks are a route to lower cost reactors. Further research is needed to better understand how such devices scale. Even in the event th ...ve net power, a device must be built which optimizes this equation. Fusion research has traditionally focused on increasing the first ''P'' term: the fusion ra ...

{{Short description|Pakistani nuclear physicist (1926–1999)}} | fields = [[Nuclear Engineering]] ...

...of Cherenkov radiation is the characteristic blue glow of an underwater [[nuclear reactor]]. Its cause is similar to the cause of a [[sonic boom]], the sharp ...book |last1=Marguet |first1=Serge |pages=191 |title=The Physics of Nuclear Reactors |year=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-59559-7 |url=https://books.g ...

...icium-241 dioxide]] ({{sup|241}}AmO{{sub|2}}). This isotope also has one [[nuclear isomer|meta state]], {{sup|241m}}Am, with an excitation energy of {{convert Americium-241 has been produced in small quantities in [[nuclear reactor]]s for decades, and many kilograms of {{sup|241}}Am have been accum ...