B205

B205 is the name of the Magnox nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield in northern England. ^[1]

7 relations: Airborne radioactivity increase in Europe in autumn 2017, Magnox, Mayak, Nuclear reprocessing, PUREX, Reactor-grade plutonium, Sellafield.

Airborne radioactivity increase in Europe in autumn 2017

Airborne radioactivity was detected in Europe in autumn 2017, starting from the last days of September.

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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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Mayak

The Mayak Production Association (Производственное объединение «Маяк», from Маяк 'lighthouse') is one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the Russian Federation, housing a reprocessing plant.

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Nuclear reprocessing

Nuclear reprocessing technology was developed to chemically separate and recover fissionable plutonium from spent nuclear fuel.

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PUREX

PUREX is a chemical method used to purify fuel for nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons.

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Reactor-grade plutonium/RGPu is the isotopic grade of plutonium that is found in spent nuclear fuel after the primary fuel, that of Uranium-235 that a nuclear power reactor uses, has (burnt up/burnup).

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Sellafield

Sellafield is a nuclear fuel reprocessing and nuclear decommissioning site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B205

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