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- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear reprocessing
Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor
The Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) is a type of nuclear reactor designed and operated in the United Kingdom.
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Aerosol
An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas.
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Airborne radioactivity increase in Europe in autumn 2017
Airborne radioactivity was detected in Europe during autumn 2017, starting from the last days of September.
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
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Aluminium oxide
Aluminium oxide (or aluminium(III) oxide) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula.
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Anode
An anode is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device.
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Antimony
Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.
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Argon
Argon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ar and atomic number 18.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
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Barium
Barium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ba and atomic number 56.
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Boiling water reactor
A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power.
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Brittleness
A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation.
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Burnup
In nuclear power technology, burnup (also known as fuel utilization) is a measure of how much energy is extracted from a primary nuclear fuel source. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and burnup are nuclear technology.
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Caesium
Caesium (IUPAC spelling; cesium in American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Cs and atomic number 55.
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Caesium iodide
Caesium iodide or cesium iodide (chemical formula CsI) is the ionic compound of caesium and iodine.
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Caesium-137
Caesium-137, cesium-137 (US), or radiocaesium, is a radioactive isotope of caesium that is formed as one of the more common fission products by the nuclear fission of uranium-235 and other fissionable isotopes in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
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Chalk River Laboratories
Chalk River Laboratories (Laboratoires de Chalk River; also known as CRL, Chalk River Labs and formerly Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, CRNL) is a Canadian nuclear research facility in Deep River, about north-west of Ottawa.
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Chemical substance
A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union.
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Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations is a committee of the OECD/NEA. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations are nuclear safety and security.
Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
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Containment building
A containment building is a reinforced steel, concrete or lead structure enclosing a nuclear reactor.
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Corium (nuclear reactor)
Upper grid damaged top plate Corium, also called fuel-containing material (FCM) or lava-like fuel-containing material (LFCM), is a material that is created in a nuclear reactor core during a nuclear meltdown accident. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Corium (nuclear reactor) are nuclear chemistry.
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Corrosion
Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.
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Corrosion inhibitor
A corrosion inhibitor or anti-corrosive is a chemical compound added to a liquid or gas to decrease the corrosion rate of a metal that comes into contact with the fluid.
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Creep (deformation)
In materials science, creep (sometimes called cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to undergo slow deformation while subject to persistent mechanical stresses.
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Critical heat flux
In the study of heat transfer, critical heat flux (CHF) is the heat flux at which boiling ceases to be an effective form of transferring heat from a solid surface to a liquid.
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Crucible
A crucible is a container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.
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Decay heat
Decay heat is the heat released as a result of radioactive decay. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and decay heat are nuclear technology.
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Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the centre of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
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Dielectric spectroscopy
Dielectric spectroscopy (which falls in a subcategory of impedance spectroscopy) measures the dielectric properties of a medium as a function of frequency.
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Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
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Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change.
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Equation
In mathematics, an equation is a mathematical formula that expresses the equality of two expressions, by connecting them with the equals sign.
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Fracture
Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress.
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Fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.
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Fuse (electrical)
In electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit.
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Galvanic anode
A galvanic anode, or sacrificial anode, is the main component of a galvanic cathodic protection system used to protect buried or submerged metal structures from corrosion.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
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Graphite
Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.
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Heat transfer
Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.
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Hydrazine
Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
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Hydride
In chemistry, a hydride is formally the anion of hydrogen (H&minus), a hydrogen atom with two electrons.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hypoxia (environmental)
Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions.
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Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy and is managed by the Battelle Energy Alliance.
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Indium
Indium is a chemical element; it has symbol In and atomic number 49.
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Institute for Transuranium Elements
The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) is a nuclear research institute in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
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Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53.
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Ionizing radiation
Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.
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Irradiation
Irradiation is the process by which an object is exposed to radiation. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Irradiation are nuclear technology.
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Isotopes of caesium
Caesium (55Cs) has 41 known isotopes, the atomic masses of these isotopes range from 112 to 152.
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Isotopes of ruthenium
Naturally occurring ruthenium (44Ru) is composed of seven stable isotopes (of which two may in the future be found radioactive).
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Isotopes of xenon
Naturally occurring xenon (54Xe) consists of seven stable isotopes and two very long-lived isotopes.
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Krypton
Krypton (from translit 'the hidden one') is a chemical element; it has symbol Kr and atomic number 36.
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology
The KTH Royal Institute of Technology (lit), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Leidenfrost effect
The Leidenfrost effect is a physical phenomenon in which a liquid, close to a solid surface of another body that is significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.
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Longitudinal wave
Longitudinal waves are waves in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels and displacement of the medium is in the same (or opposite) direction of the wave propagation.
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Loss-of-coolant accident
A loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) is a mode of failure for a nuclear reactor; if not managed effectively, the results of a LOCA could result in reactor core damage.
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Magnox
Magnox is a type of nuclear power / production reactor that was designed to run on natural uranium with graphite as the moderator and carbon dioxide gas as the heat exchange coolant.
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Martin Knudsen
Martin Hans Christian Knudsen (15 February 1871 in Hasmark on Funen – 27 May 1949 in Copenhagen) was a Danish physicist who taught and conducted research at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Moderation
Moderation is the process or trait of eliminating, lessening, or avoiding extremes.
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Molecule
A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.
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Molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo (from Neo-Latin molybdaenum) and atomic number 42.
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Nanoparticle
A nanoparticle or ultrafine particle is a particle of matter 1 to 100 nanometres (nm) in diameter.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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Neodymium
Neodymium is a chemical element; it has symbol Nd and atomic number 60.
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Neutron activation
Neutron activation is the process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials, and occurs when atomic nuclei capture free neutrons, becoming heavier and entering excited states.
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Neutron temperature
The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts.
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Noble gas
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Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility." Examples include lethal effects to individuals, large radioactivity release to the environment, or a reactor core melt. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents are nuclear safety and security.
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Nuclear Energy Agency
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is an intergovernmental agency that is organized under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Nuclear fission product
Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus undergoes nuclear fission. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and nuclear fission product are nuclear chemistry and nuclear technology.
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Nuclear flask
A nuclear flask is a shipping container that is used to transport active nuclear materials between nuclear power station and spent fuel reprocessing facilities.
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Nuclear fuel
Nuclear fuel is material used in nuclear power stations to produce heat to power turbines. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and nuclear fuel are nuclear chemistry, nuclear fuels, nuclear reprocessing and nuclear technology.
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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and nuclear power are nuclear technology.
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Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and nuclear reactor are nuclear technology.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy.
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Nuclear Safety Research Reactor
The Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR) is a TRIGA design nuclear research reactor operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.
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Nucleation
In thermodynamics, nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or structure via self-assembly or self-organization within a substance or mixture.
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NUREG-1150
NUREG-1150 "Severe Accident Risks: An Assessment for Five U.S. Nuclear Power Plants", published December 1990 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is a follow-up to the WASH-1400 and CRAC-II safety studies that employs the methodology of plant-specific Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA). Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and NUREG-1150 are nuclear safety and security.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pd and atomic number 46.
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Physics
Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.
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Post Irradiation Examination
Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) is the study of used nuclear materials such as nuclear fuel. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Post Irradiation Examination are nuclear chemistry, nuclear reprocessing and nuclear technology.
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Power density
Power density, defined as the amount of power (the time rate of energy transfer) per unit volume, is a critical parameter used across a spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines.
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
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Pressurized water reactor
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor.
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PUREX
PUREX (plutonium uranium reduction extraction) is a chemical method used to purify fuel for nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and PUREX are nuclear chemistry, nuclear reprocessing and uranium.
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Radiation
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium.
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Radiolysis
Radiolysis is the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Radiolysis are nuclear technology.
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Reactor pressure vessel
A reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in a nuclear power plant is the pressure vessel containing the nuclear reactor coolant, core shroud, and the reactor core.
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Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
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Ruthenium
Ruthenium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ru and atomic number 44.
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Ruthenium tetroxide
Ruthenium tetroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula RuO4.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
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Scanning electron microscope
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.
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Scram
A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by immediately terminating the fission reaction. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and scram are nuclear safety and security.
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Silicate
A silicate is any member of a family of polyatomic anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula, where.
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Silicone
In organosilicon and polymer chemistry, a silicone or polysiloxane is a polymer composed of repeating units of siloxane (where R.
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SL-1
Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, also known as SL-1, initially the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR), was a United States Army experimental nuclear reactor in the western United States at the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) in Idaho about west of Idaho Falls, now the Idaho National Laboratory.
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Solid solution
A solid solution, a term popularly used for metals, is a homogeneous mixture of two different kinds of atoms in solid state and having a single crystal structure.
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Spent fuel pool
Spent fuel pools (SFP) are storage pools (or "ponds" in the United Kingdom) for spent fuel from nuclear reactors.
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Spent nuclear fuel
Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant). Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Spent nuclear fuel are nuclear fuels and nuclear reprocessing.
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Spinel
Spinel is the magnesium/aluminium member of the larger spinel group of minerals.
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Stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.
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Steam
Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase, often mixed with air and/or an aerosol of liquid water droplets.
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Steam explosion
A steam explosion is an explosion caused by violent boiling or flashing of water or ice into steam, occurring when water or ice is either superheated, rapidly heated by fine hot debris produced within it, or heated by the interaction of molten metals (as in a fuel–coolant interaction, or FCI, of molten nuclear-reactor fuel rods with water in a nuclear reactor core following a core-meltdown).
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
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Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.
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Stress corrosion cracking
Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the growth of crack formation in a corrosive environment.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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Technetium
Technetium is a chemical element; it has symbol Tc and atomic number 43.
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Tellurium
Tellurium is a chemical element; it has symbol Te and atomic number 52.
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Temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.
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Thermal conductivity and resistivity
The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to conduct heat.
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Thermal expansion
Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).
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Thermal stress
In mechanics and thermodynamics, thermal stress is mechanical stress created by any change in temperature of a material.
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Thermite
Thermite is a pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide.
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Thermocouple
A thermocouple, also known as a "thermoelectrical thermometer", is an electrical device consisting of two dissimilar electrical conductors forming an electrical junction.
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Thesis
A thesis (theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.
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Three Mile Island accident
The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (commonly abbreviated as TMI) is a closed nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
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Toughness
In materials science and metallurgy, toughness is the ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing.
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Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and Uranium are nuclear fuels.
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Uranium dioxide
Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide, also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder that naturally occurs in the mineral uraninite. Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident and uranium dioxide are nuclear chemistry.
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Xenon
Xenon is a chemical element; it has symbol Xe and atomic number 54.
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Yttria-stabilized zirconia
Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is a ceramic in which the cubic crystal structure of zirconium dioxide is made stable at room temperature by an addition of yttrium oxide.
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Zirconium
Zirconium is a chemical element; it has symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
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Zirconium alloys
Zirconium alloys are solid solutions of zirconium or other metals, a common subgroup having the trade mark Zircaloy.
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Zirconium dioxide
Zirconium dioxide, sometimes known as zirconia (not to be confused with zircon), is a white crystalline oxide of zirconium.
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Zirconium(IV) silicate
Zirconium silicate, also zirconium orthosilicate, ZrSiO4, is a chemical compound, a silicate of zirconium. It occurs in nature as zircon, a silicate mineral. Powdered zirconium silicate is also known as zircon flour. Zirconium silicate is usually colorless, but impurities induce various colorations. It is insoluble in water, acids, alkali and aqua regia.
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ZND detonation model
The ZND detonation model is a one-dimensional model for the process of detonation of an explosive.
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See also
Nuclear fuels
- Advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
- Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident
- Cerro Impacto
- Enriched uranium
- List of companies in the nuclear sector
- List of countries by thorium resources
- MOX fuel
- Natural uranium
- Nuclear fuel
- Nuclear fuel bank
- Nuclear fuel cycle
- Nuclear reprocessing
- Separative work units
- Spent nuclear fuel
- Thorium
- Thorium Energy Alliance
- Thorium fuel cycle
- Uranium
- Uranium zirconium hydride
- Uranium(III) hydride
Nuclear reprocessing
- Advanced reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
- Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident
- Bismuth phosphate process
- CANFLEX
- Clab
- Fluoride volatility
- Geomelting
- International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation
- MOX fuel
- Novouralsk
- Nuclear fuel
- Nuclear fuel cycle
- Nuclear fuel cycle information system
- Nuclear reprocessing
- PUREX
- Plutonyl
- Post Irradiation Examination
- Remix Fuel
- Reprocessed uranium
- Spent nuclear fuel
- Thorium fuel cycle
- Wackersdorf reprocessing plant
References
Also known as LOFT (LOCA), Nuclear fuel and reactor accidents, Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents.