About Nuclear Reactor
A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion.
The 70s nuclear relic that may be about to open at last
... But the mode of ageing of a Nuclear Reactor is from neutron bombardment...
Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity?
... Powered by Nuclear Reactors, these vessels could travel to islands, or coastlines, struck by drought, bringing with them both clean drinking water and power...
Inside Chernobyl: We stole Russian fuel to prevent catastrophe
... Just outside the sarcophagus which protects the damaged Nuclear Reactor, Russian soldiers piled up sandbags behind which they could hide if attacked...
Martyn Stewart: The David Attenborough of sound
... Comprising 30,000 hours of material, it includes recordings of 3,500 bird species, alongside countless mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles, as well as soundscapes of the Serengeti, the Arctic and Chernobyl, 10 years after the Nuclear Reactor meltdown...
How much nuclear power does the UK use and is it safe?
...Rolls-Royce is receiving more than £400m from the government and private investors to develop small Nuclear Reactors...
Small scale nuclear to get green light this week
...Reactor designer Rolls Royce will announce that a consortium of investors will back plans for a new smaller Nuclear Reactor project...
New engine tech might be faster us to Mars
... In a nuclear thermal electric rocket, a small Nuclear Reactor hydrogen is heated liquid...
The fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 transformed the modern world
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